Doing Floors Brown Paper Bag

How to do brown bag flooring on top of concrete.

Doing floors brown paper bag.

This fascinating floor covering job has swept the blog writing world off of its feet with its abundant color and also marble textured results and also its economical. A brown paper bag floor is incredibly versatile. Brett decided to try a paper bag floor in the bathroom last winter to see how it would turn out. Improve it by removing any fraying obsolete carpeting heap and also changing it with simple craft paper.

As a result the floor was a mismatch of concrete outdoor carpeting and various levels. 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. Well here it is the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. Prepping the floors can be a pain in the butt but if you don t do it right then there s no point in doing the paper bag flooring at all because it won t look right.

A teen might like a floor covered in magazine pages and a nursery would be adorable with colorful storybook pages. Prep your floors by pulling up the carpet removing all staples and sanding everything until it s smooth. Concrete floors even when painted give a room a cold. You can stain the bags for a variety in colors or use virtually any material you desire.

Covering concrete with brown bag flooring adds a touch of creativity to a plain room. Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden. 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. Also featured in the november 2012 issue of wnc woman.

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.