Brown Paper Flooring On Concrete

A couple years ago i saw the brown paper posts on pinterest.

Brown paper flooring on concrete.

Brown paper bag floors stained to look like stained concrete. Less than 100 to do a normal sized dining room floor. How to cover a floor in brown kraft paper to create a great leather looking surface. 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 crumple 6 to 8 inch paper wads from a roll of brown craft paper the material used in brown paper lunch bags. This is pictures without instructions. Apr 22 2020 explore karen perry s board paper bag flooring followed by 229 people on pinterest. I lightly sanded between each coat.

Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden. See more ideas about paper bag flooring flooring diy flooring. Stay clear of extremely little pieces that could develop a chintzy pebbled look rather than a sophisticated faux marble appearance. I love your floor.

And after having this tutorial get published in cottages and bungalows magazine in april 2011 woot more readers and bloggers have tried it in their homes with great success. Carpeting tile or wood flooring. 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.

Brown paper bags you know the stuff. I installed a paper bag floor in my dining room butler pantry and hallway. We went with dark walnut. I did the brown paper floor in both my daughters rooms and guest bathroom almost exactly the same way you did your living room.

Also featured in the november 2012 issue of wnc woman. Well here it is the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. Covering concrete with brown bag flooring adds a touch of creativity to a plain room. Concrete floors even when painted give a room a cold uninviting feel.

We pulled up all the carpet in our house and needed a very inexpensive flooring. 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.