Diy Brown Paper Bag Floor

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.

Diy brown paper bag floor.

This is a perfect low cost low weight alternative which i can do myself. 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. Supplies needed for paper bag floors. Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden.

To not have to rip up the floor after killing my back because it looked cheap and stupid. I am busy researching paper bag flooring for our camper that we are remodeling. Stay clear of extremely little pieces that could develop a chintzy pebbled look rather than a sophisticated faux marble appearance. Brown paper bag floors stained to look like stained concrete.

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. Well here it is the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. My brown paper floors are by far my most viewed content at the top of the list for faqs and seen more on pinterest than anything else i ve done.

This is a tedious process but fun nonetheless and super cheap as far as flooring goes. Less than 100 to do a normal sized dining room floor. After googling cheap flooring late one night i found various posts about paper bag floors. If i missed anything be sure to leave me a comment and i ll add it.

Paper bag floor diy. A brown paper bag floor is incredibly versatile. Glue water ratios some say 2 1 others are 3 1. Brown paper bags you know the stuff.

The ultimate diy flooring brown paper floor. You can stain the bags for a variety in colors or use virtually any material you desire. 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 had never seen anything like it before.

Roll of brown kraft paper spray bottle for water glue. I am a little confused by all the information i am finding.