Diy Brown Paper Bag Floor

Roll of brown kraft paper spray bottle for water glue.

Diy brown paper bag floor.

Brown paper bags you know the stuff. I was almost instantly convinced that this was what we needed to do on our basement concrete. Also featured in the november 2012 issue of wnc woman. Brown paper bag floors stained to look like stained concrete.

It s held up to our foot and paw traffic and we love it. If i missed anything be sure to leave me a comment and i ll add it. To not have to rip up the floor after killing my back because it looked cheap and stupid. After the floor is prepped tear and also crumple 6 to 8 inch paper heaps from a roll of brown craft paper the material utilized in brownish paper lunch bags.

I installed a floor made of brown paper and polyurethane in my boy s room last year read that post here and since then i have gotten a ton of questions about it the original tutorial post currently has 645 comments most of them questions that i have done my best to answer and keep up with. I had never seen anything like it before. A brown paper bag floor is incredibly versatile. Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden.

Paper bag flooring application. After the floor is prepped tear and crumple 6 to 8 inch paper wads from a roll of brown craft paper the material used in brown paper lunch bags. I am busy researching paper bag flooring for our camper that we are remodeling. Supplies needed for paper bag floors.

Paper bag floor diy. Less than 100 to do a normal sized dining room floor. This is a tedious process but fun nonetheless and super cheap as far as flooring goes. A teen might like a floor covered in magazine pages and a nursery would be adorable with colorful storybook pages.

Well here it is the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. Glue water ratios some say 2 1 others are 3 1. Stay clear of extremely little pieces that could develop a chintzy pebbled look rather than a sophisticated faux marble appearance. I am a little confused by all the information i am finding.

The ultimate diy flooring brown paper floor. You can stain the bags for a variety in colors or use virtually any material you desire.