Concrete. Pretty big area + Obama emerging Depression = trying not to spend big bucks.
I would still check on the tile stuff. It could be cheaper in the long run. If there is a stain that can’t be cleaned or a gash in the carpet you can just replace the squares.
You could pull up the carpet, then clean and stain the concrete. Looks like stone and it’s not expensive.
I’d hire somebody to sand/polish/clean the concrete, then do the staining myself. Two brown-tone colors and a hand-held pump sprayer would do the trick.
My son is a type 1 diabetic. When he first started using the pump, he used iodine to sterilize his skin before he put the sets in.
Well, give iodine to an 11 year old boy and you’ve got a mess. The baby blue carpet in his room had a ton of brown iodine spots.
My friend had the solution:
1. Use and eyedropper to apply straight bleach to the brown spot. Try not to get it anywhere else.
2. Wait a couple of days to let the bleach evaporate, then clean the carpet with a rug shampooer.
3. Get the biggest box of crayons you can find and select the one that best matches your carpet. (I had to use two blues. Both were close, but neither quite did the job. Together, they were perfect.)
4. Color the white spots with the crayon.
5. Lay foil over the colored spot and apply a hot iron for 15 seconds to set the color. (Do this as you color the spots or you’ll loose track of them. The heat is important or else the crayon will come out with future cleanings.)
The crayon goes on thin, so it doesn’t feel like wax.
My daughter had spilled about a cup of bleach on the hall floor a few years ago. I used this technique and it worked fine. It wasn’t as invisible as the tiny spots, but not noticeable.