Paper Bag Floor Nightmare

Apr 22 2020 explore karen perry s board paper bag flooring followed by 229 people on pinterest.

Paper bag floor nightmare. It s custom i have to vaccum my stairs a lot too and i ve noticed. Click here to see a list of all you need to complete your own paper bag flooring project. I didn t want to post about this project until we had a little time to see how they held up. I designed a paper bag floor with cogs and wheels in my gallery on the coast in oregon.

Paper bag flooring application. A year later they all still look. A perfect diy project. Paper bag floor diy.

Paper bag floors is your old flooring carpeted in style or in dust grime and various other antiques of time. Improve it by removing any fraying obsolete carpeting heap and also changing it with simple craft paper. I used a diluted water based paint to create a warm wash on the paper then i used oil based stain on the cogs and wheels and sealed the whole thing with a water modified polyurethane sealer about 6 coats. One year later it is in fantastic shape.

Paper bag floors aren t difficult or expensive but they are time consuming. 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. How to install paper bag floors written and video aids to help a few years ago while searching for a cost effective way to upgrade my ugly worn floors i stumbled upon the idea of paper bag flooring. See more ideas about paper bag flooring flooring diy flooring.

Create the look of a custom floor in no time with nearly no expense. 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. 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. Also featured in the november 2012 issue of wnc woman.

Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden. It didn t go without a few hitches but all turned out well. For us the paper bag floor was about as durable as you might expect paper to be even with a lot of floor sealer on it. The paper bag construction paper floor is done in garen s old earthbag bedroom.

I did not create this technique you can find tons of references to it via a quick internet search.