Faux Wood Floor

I just completed the laundry room floor on the cheap.  We had linoleum, which I peeled off and then painted the concrete floor yellow, yes yellow.  It looked ugly so I removed all the paint and filled in the cracks.  I like the look of wood floor, but it's expensive, so I tried painting on a wood floor.  Here's the floor stripped and cracks filled in:

I used a semi gloss milk chocolate brown for the base coat:

I used a black sharpie and drew the lines for the wood planks. Next I combined 3 parts "Kona" colored stain/polyurethane and 1 part glaze.  I bushed it on the brown base paint, then lightly brushed in one direction to simulate the wood grain.  Pale webbed feet not required for this procedure (thanks dear for including my foot)

Here's the floor over half way done:

I finished the floor with an acrylic finish to protect the paint and glaze.  I put the wood plank I was trying to copy next to the floor.  I think it's a pretty close match.

 

We're thinking of doing this for the living room.  The wood floor guy quoted us $3,000 for that area, so we'll see how much we can beat the price.