It's easy to put flooring at the bottom of the list when designing an interior, but that shouldn't be the case. Taking the time to add interest underfoot can, without a doubt, elevate the overall look of a room and showcase your design style. If you're ready to step up the style in your home, browse our favorite homes featuring painted floors.

STATEMENT CALLIGRAPHY

For a studio in Bayonne, France, artist and designer Christian Astuguevieille enhanced the space by using Chinese calligraphy ink to create a pattern on the oak parquet floor and many of the room’s artworks.

PAINTED CONCRETE

Painted concrete flooring breathes life into this 18th-century Marrakech Medina owned by Caitlin and Samuel Dowe-Sandes.

BRIGHT BLUE

According to designer Liz Caan, a colored hardwood floor never fails to elevate the look of a kitchen. "I prefer colored hardwood floors especially in the kitchen as they generally have large amounts of tile and stone in them already (backsplashes and counters) and metal materials (appliances, pots and pans)," Caan says. "This is a great solution when you may be looking for a material to soften a utilitarian space that most people spend the majority of their time in.”

GLOSSY WHITE

The all-white master bedroom in a Hamptons summer home benefits from a flooring painted a high-gloss enamel in White by Benjamin Moore.

LINEAR LOOK

Alternating painted stripes cross the floor and continue along the bed frame and wall in hotelier and designer Anouska Hempel's loft in England.

GEOMETRIC PRINT

Painted flooring in a geometric pattern adds visual interest to a neutral Manhattan garden room designed by Ann Pyne, head of one of America's oldest and most distinguished design firms.

HAND PAINTED STYLE

The living room of Alex Papachristidis's home features a hand painted wood floor, which adds contrast to the custom-made sectional upholstered in a purple Schumacher velvet.

VIBRANT GREEN

Nathan Turner and Eric Hughes relied on Farrow & Ball's Arsenic for the floor in their Malibu beach house kitchen.

EYE-CATCHING PAINTED CONCRETE

In the drawing room of Mehall Griffey and Jerry Maggi's home in Catania, Italy, the painted concrete-tile flooring and stucco ceiling are original to the building.

CUSTOM HUE

A 19th-century Louis XVI-style lantern and inlaid marble flooring create a focal point in the entrance hall of a home crafted by Michael Coorengel and Jean-Pierre Calvagrac. Completing the look are doors painted in a custom color based on an 18th-century hue.