Diy Brown Paper Flooring

Also featured in the november 2012 issue of wnc woman.

Diy brown paper flooring.

By using this simple technique you can give your floors a. I installed a paper bag floor in my dining room butler pantry and hallway. Mix the glue and water at a 50 50 ratio in the bucket. If you are looking for a diy flooring idea that has the look of real wood without the price try this diy faux wood flooring made with ordinary brown craft paper.

I was looking for an inexpensive alternative to carpeting or hardwood flooring. Well here it is the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. Stay clear of extremely little pieces that could develop a chintzy pebbled look rather than a sophisticated faux marble appearance. 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.

So if you want to rip out your old carpet but don t have the money to install hardwood flooring and still want the warm look of wood tones this is an excellent alternative. 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. A large roll of contractors paper or paper grocery bags elmer s glue all by the gallon floor grade polyurethane oil modified minwax a large bucket for mixing plastic gloves. 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.

To use this video in a commercial player o. Please use the pause button if the text is going too fast for you. This is pictures without instructions. 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.