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Attractive flooring options are expensive and often require calling in professionals to complete. Create your own faux leather floors using common brown-paper grocery bags. Easily available grocery bags teamed with polyurethane and minimal work will transform your floors into something you can be proud of. This is a perfect home-improvement project that you can complete in less than a weekend.
Floor Treatments Using Paper Bags
Preparation
Remove any furniture and apply painter's tape to cabinetry and baseboards near the floor to protect them. Sweep the floor thoroughly. Mop the floor and allow to dry completely. Sweep once more to remove any other debris.
Prepare your bags. If paper grocery bags aren't available, purchase rolls of kraft paper from a postal supply store. Tear the bags into flat pieces and discard the seamed bottoms. Pieces should be irregular and varied in size. Keep them small enough to handle easily. Crumple the pieces up, then smooth flat to give a textured look to your finished floor.
Basic Technique
Stain
the floor with wood stain prior to applying additional coats of
polyurethane. The torn areas of the paper absorb more stain and add a
weathered, natural look to the finished floor.
Create
decorative borders on the flooring with stamps and paint. Purchase
stamps created for stamping walls. Dip them in an oil-based paint of
your choice and apply to the floor. Allow to dry completely before
coating with polyurethane.
Kraft paper is available in colors
other than basic brown. Choose one color or combine several. Keep in
mind the torn edges will be darker than the original paper color.
Cut
the paper into standard shapes instead of tearing. This will give the
look of stained concrete or tile. Cut into equal-size squares. Make
allowances for the overlap when laying them to keep the floor
symmetric. Use one color of paper or alternate colors for a
checkerboard effect. Or, cut a design from a contrasting piece of paper
and apply over the faux leather-finished floor, such as a yellow star
burst as a focal point in the center of the room.
By
Jenny Harrington
eHow Contributing Writer
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