Flooring Made From Brown Paper Bags

Paper bag flooring application.

Flooring made from brown paper bags.

The floor is actually made from brown paper. Everything you need to know and expect about. Plain brown grocery bags create the paper bag floor although you can also use plain brown craft or contractor s paper both available on a roll. When i was my girls ga leader we made the cutest paper bag scrapbooks.

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. Well here it is the post everyone has been waiting for me to write. 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. I can remember years ago seeing this in an issue of martha stewart magazine.

Stay clear of extremely little pieces that could develop a chintzy pebbled look rather than a sophisticated faux marble appearance. After a few uses your paper bag puppets might look a little rough around the edges sure but the brown paper bag mat featured below is a great way to use your paper bags in a way that will last. The floor is actually made from brown paper. They are a kind of blank canvas for creativity.

Martha had taken the prettiest bouquet of pink yellow and orange roses and placed them in a mason jar. This stunningly beautiful remedy for that dilemma involves everyday brown paper bags. 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. These projects are great.

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. Check out my floors in the may june 2012 issue of natural home and garden. The girls loved them. Also featured in the november 2012 issue of wnc woman.

Much like a decoupage project these paper floors are made by gluing down scraps of paper in a random organic pattern then covering everything with a layer of polyurethane.