Actually, I worked as a scenic artist for 30 + years using lots of acrylic/vinyl paint. I have a hunch acrylic paint would bond well to clean, slightly sanded vinyl/linoleum flooring. You would want to use porch and deck paint for sure, but I think it would work out. I happened across a website that was a diy info on painting vinyl floors. I googled 'painting linoleum floor'.

Ours is just that, and the one that we have just finished for a client was around 150 Years old. It's a labour of love, getting the paint off, and obviously as the stairs are very old and likely to be uneven, and worn in patches, it might not be possible to remove every single bit of paint, however, as you say, why would you want to rip the character out of it, we embrace Shabby Chic round here and our two dogs help with that too.. So, for the last client, we scraped as much paint of as was possible with a flat blade, then sanded with heavy grit 40-60 paper to get most of what was left off. Then sanded with 120 grit to smooth. The stairs were then oiled in No Nonsense clear oil from Screwfix as they still had a beautiful patina. Two coats usually suffices and you are much less likely to slip on them. The risers required less work as they were being re-painted, so just a normal sand over and re-paint!

Help my decorator has got emulsion in our wood floor and it's gone into the grain, looks like he's tried to wipe it when it's still wet and it's smudged it, lots of areas, been scrapping the splatter bits off with my nails today but the paint in the grain isn't shifting. Help X

Hi there! I quite like the purple, reminds me a bit of the hallway in this property: As for decoration, you could nab some ideas from above - a patterned rug in muted/pastel colours, an statement ceiling light, hooks for coats. The bench looks nice, but if you wanted something more practical you could maybe go for either a shoe rack or a combination shoe rack/side-table with a few drawers in it for keys and general storage space: If you don't have the room for that because of the radiator, you could cover the radiator and use the top as a surface to put things on (a vase, to leave your keys etc). You could hang a mirror above this, or a some artwork on any bare wall space: Hope this has been of some help, best of luck!