Would contact paper be too much of a hassle to put down? I once had some that was a black and white checkerboard pattern. The pattern probably would have been too large for your kitchen tho.

Contact paper also probably wouldn't be very forgiving when it comes to irregularities in the floor like bumps and such. Hmmm.

Can you paint the floor? Maybe use a square block to print a checkerboard pattern? In the old days, I had a compressed sponge which I cut a small square out of then dampened it to use to stamp a pattern on a wood box I was working on.

Contact paper tends to be to large in scale, as you suspected, schoolhouse. And about painting, I probably could, but would worry that my tremor might make it look very impressionistic--not what I'm after.

I just found this flooring--I'd hate the feel of it in real life, but like it here. What do you think?

It's totally a piece of paper, but you can score the stones to look more realistic (They offer instructions...)

or this one ( Under $10):

or this?

This one is super inexpensive and would anchor the room. But is it too 70's?

Jo, have you checked out this website? I need a new coach light among other things and am working up an order. She seems to have a nice variety of stuff at decent prices.

Mary's Miniatures

Blu, I have been there. They have some great items but tons of the flooring is sold out. It must be hard for retailers to bring in inventory these days. Totally understandable.

When will we see pictures of your work in progress?

(hint, hint.)

Could you use wrapping paper or scrapbooking paper, even origami paper, adhered to a piece of cardboard, posterboard, etc, cut to fit, until you find something real?

Bath, I could make flooring out of -ugh- egg cartons again, but I want the surface to be similar in size to the living room. That's why I was considering something fake, or, to put it less offensively, one dimensional, lol. Plus, the chimney and the front are egg cartoned, and both were a pita, to be honest.

From Miniatures.com

Blue Hexagon TIle Sheet and others

I have that white with black diamonds on my (dollhouse) kitchen floor. It’s molded vinyl and looks quite good.

i promise pictures are coming. It's a case of two steps forward, one back;

we added LEDs to the bathroom to light up some shadowing and as we were replacing carpet and some molding, the lighting all went out. Tracing where the problem was took quite a bit of time.

Just an FYI, when we built the dollhouse 40+ years ago, the flat electrical tape had first come out. It's been a PITA throughout the years. It had the advantage of being invisible under wallpaper and carpeting but because it uses brads as takeoffs, the connections can be fussy. My husband used a few choice words and said he wished he had hardwired the dollhouse all those years ago with flat electrical wire. Of course we weren’t pulling off all the wallpaper off for our refresh, so whatever he just added on is now hardwired. As we speak, he's putting in a new transformer.

Perhaps scrapbooking paper with varnish over it? You can find it in all kinds of patterns...

the digital flooring is great but our current printer isn’t up to the job yet. We need color ink and I don’t know what paper to get. I’ll look into the ink tomorrow. (It’s dhs printer...hes never changed the ink. ) do you suggest glossy paper only? A lot of people on doll house forums swear by scrapbook paper. It’s another great option to look into.

Maybe postage stamps cut in squares? This one matches the blue in your wallpaper. I love that wallpaper. This stamp?

What about a vinyl placemat, if you can find a pattern you like?

eta: target:

This is from etsy but unfortunately $29 for a set of 4....

Oly, that pattern gave me an idea. What do you all think of this one?

the thing is, I am leaving in just over 2 weeks for my summer cottage in CT. The dollhouse will not be joining me and I'd like to get things basically done before then. This paper comes from England, of course.

ETA, I got antsy and ordered the last one pictured. If you like it--yay! If not, well, it's only paper. Thanks for help in leading me this way.

That is very pretty. Here are some others. I included the tiles you posted earlier as well. Everything else I found on Amazon, other than the marble herringbone which is from Etsy. The floor papers are printed on heavy paper, some have a gloss. There are lots of ways to add more gloss later on if you prefer. I tried using scrapbook paper but found it was hard to get the right scale. It's great for a real modern dollhouse where scale doesn't seem as important, but you have such beautiful realistic wallpaper I think the flooring scale/detail should be similar. The house is looking great!

Just saw that you made a choice--I think you will love it!

Jo, I love the one you chose!

Cawaps, I definitely want to live in the south of France! I want a sunroom floor tiled with this tile and the wallpaper that I chose. A chocolate croissant would be the cherry on top.