Crumpled Brown Paper Floor

It is created by gluing torn crumpled pieces of brown paper in an overlapping pattern.

Crumpled brown paper floor.

It worked so well i kept expanding to the bedroom den and living room so i now no longer have any wall to wall carpet in my house. Chris of freckle face girl credits the origin of her idea to a floor she saw at recyclart showing a floor in hawaii on which crumpled brown paper bags were pasted. Brown paper flooring. It has a finished look of worn leather.

A paper floor sounded crazy so i decided to try it out on the smallest area of my house the hallway. Follow your floor diagram and begin placing the brown paper bag pieces to one section of the wall gently smoothing out the pieces with your hand. Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden. The floor is sealed using polyurethane.

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. The beauty of this solution is that if i do want to install hardwood or any other type of flooring in the. Aug 8 2012 faux leather flooring out of crumpled paper bags. The brown paper floor is a hard floor covering that you can do yourself.

Personal styles and colors are achieved with stain and patterns. I was looking for an inexpensive alternative to carpeting or hardwood flooring. Stay clear of extremely little pieces that could develop a chintzy pebbled look rather than a sophisticated faux marble appearance. 6 give the glue about five minutes to set.

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. Get the look of more expensive wood flooring by using brown paper to create a faux wood plank floor. What is a brown paper floor. You won t believe how great it looks and how little it costs.

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. Paper bag flooring application.