Comments on: Guest Project — Brown Paper Flooring Technique!!

By: Malinda Bills

Malinda Bills — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 04:57:40 +0000

I love the stairs. I’m very much going to try them soon. I really like how you did the risers as well. I just finished my first paper bag floor in a bedroom. I ended up having to re-paper 3 times due to stupid mistakes. I blogged about it because I thought others might be able to learn from my mistakes. 🙂 http://apurposefulpath.blogspot.com/ Enjoy my adventure. Thank you for sharing yours!

By: Lisa Melvin

Lisa Melvin — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:55:05 +0000

That looks great! What kind of material is that on the stairs prior to treating? Is that plywood? How durable is it? I’m just concerned about what type of material is under my carpeted stairs. Please respond…Great job!!

By: Angie Barth

Angie Barth — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 23:35:06 +0000

I just went to a ladies house and I was like oh I love your stairs and she was like I did it with paper bags I was like what and she told me how she did it and now I am going to totally going to do this in my whole house it looks so good and it is not expensive. Now I am excited.

By: Kristi brown

Kristi brown — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:30:35 +0000

I love this!! I’m going to do this over paneling and I was wondering do u think I could do this over old laminarte tile (all one piece) floor for basement stairs? I would like to do this this weekend. Thanks for ur feedback

By: Akasha

Akasha — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 01:40:47 +0000

In reply to Karen.

Karen, did you have any issues with the floors during your home appraisal when you sold it? Did they ask you what kind of flooring it was?

I’m about to cover my whole house in paper flooring, but I’m also about to refinance (leaving the existing flooring is not an option due to its condition.) I read that painted concrete is considered “unfinshed” and is listed as “no flooring,” and I’m hoping paper floors wouldn’t fall into the same category.

By: jimmy (massabesic floors llc)

jimmy (massabesic floors llc) — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:13:53 +0000

Great idea and i cant believe the finish look you have retrieved from a bunch of paper bags. i love it thanks for sharing.

Jim z

By: Gramma Kaffey

Gramma Kaffey — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:16:58 +0000

Wow!
Ditto with getting rid of carpet. At 70 years old, I ripped up all my wall-to-wall and laid down 99 cent, light birch colored squares of linoleum. Love it with jute rugs.
After decoupaging tins with paper bags….I am itching to graduate to something BIGGER!!!
I did my stairs with stickdown squares, but paper-bagging them is really intriguing me!
Thank you for all expertise!
I am bookmarking your blog and will follow religiously

By: vickie

vickie — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:15:28 +0000

I love this but I have a couple of questions. How is it holding up under both human and animal traffic? Have you heard of anyone cheating and putting it down over nasty old linoleum? I think I have the hubs just about on board and he has agreed to let me try it out on a section of the basement floor, he didn’t say how.large a section, but we are moving in the right direction.
Thanks!
Vickie

By: Vickie

Vickie — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:12:58 +0000

I love what you have done and I am trying very hard to talk my love into doing this. can you tell me who durable the brown paper bag floors are? I have two small dogs

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:20 +0000

Can I use paint instead of stain before applying the poly layer?