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How To Install Paper Bag Floors

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

 

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Preparation

  • Use brown paper bags over existing vinyl floors or concrete. Damage may occur, so avoid using the method on wood or other floor treatments you may want to revive some day.

    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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