Diy Brown Paper Bag Floor

I was almost instantly convinced that this was what we needed to do on our basement concrete.

Diy brown paper bag floor.

You can stain the bags for a variety in colors or use virtually any material you desire. I am a little confused by all the information i am finding. The ultimate diy flooring brown paper floor. If i missed anything be sure to leave me a comment and i ll add it.

I am busy researching paper bag flooring for our camper that we are remodeling. It s held up to our foot and paw traffic and we love it. 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. This is a tedious process but fun nonetheless and super cheap as far as flooring goes.

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. Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden. Also featured in the november 2012 issue of wnc woman. Brown paper bags you know the stuff.

Roll of brown kraft paper spray bottle for water glue. Stay clear of extremely little pieces that could develop a chintzy pebbled look rather than a sophisticated faux marble appearance. A teen might like a floor covered in magazine pages and a nursery would be adorable with colorful storybook pages. Brown paper bag floors stained to look like stained concrete.

Well here it is the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. A brown paper bag floor is incredibly versatile. Paper bag flooring application. Glue water ratios some say 2 1 others are 3 1.

After googling cheap flooring late one night i found various posts about paper bag floors. Paper bag floor diy. 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. To not have to rip up the floor after killing my back because it looked cheap and stupid.

Supplies needed for paper bag floors. Less than 100 to do a normal sized dining room floor.