Speaking from experience, epoxy paint can transform a boring basement or a basic garage floor into a sleek, easy-to-clean, durable surface. We love ours; no regrets.

Painting your floors (if they’re tile, wood, or stone, not carpet) can be a low-cost, easy, and creative way to transform your property, allowing you to give a room a totally different feel.

Our concrete basement floor was painted before we moved into our house, but the floor was bare in spots. We had it repainted, but now the new paint comes off easily if scuffed.

Finally, I would then use a latex concrete and floor paint to cover it. They make two-part epoxy floor paints, but again, if the house is being sold, that may also be overkill.

The second question I have is whether you have any recommendations for painting and/or whitewashing the floors and walls of a fieldstone/concrete basement. I'd like to take a stab at brightening ...