Paper Bag Floors

by Ashley @ Wildfire Interiors

4 Materials

$80

1 Week

Medium

If you are in need of new flooring but don't have much money to spend (or even if you do) then this fits the bill! I created this floor out of brown paper, Elmers glue, stain, and polyurethane. It was easy to do (albeit time-consuming) and is very durable. This room is 10 X 12 and cost about $80, but future rooms will cost about $30 since I have plenty of leftover supplies. Click through to read the tutorial: https://wildfireinteriors.com/paper-bag-floors-a-tutorial/

A close up of the finished floor, it almost looks like old leather.

I did the whole 10 X 12 room for about $80, but any future room will cost about $30. That's cheap flooring!

Gluing the paper down using a 50% Elmers glue %50 water mixture. This part took forever.

Here is the paper going on, this is about 10 hours in (spread over multiple days).

Mopping on the stain.

paper bag floors, After 12 coats of poly I know people say this all the time but it honestly look much better in real life It just looks shiny in the pictures

After 12 coats of poly! I know people say this all the time, but it honestly look much better in real life. It just looks shiny in the pictures.

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Jamie on Feb 16, 2020

What kind of glue, stain, poly do you use?

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Sandra Hernandez on May 15, 2020

Was wondering if you could paint the brown paper, once dry glue it and poly coat. Wanted light gray look.

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Tina Nalipinski on Aug 18, 2020

Could you use colored construction paper instead of paper bags

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Junk~junkie on Apr 05, 2020

How in the world did u think of this, lol ! Way kool. I'd love to try it, I'm going to try it, just have to figure on wat.

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Juliebd825 on May 25, 2024

Did something like this with 2 inch masking tape on vases and glass jars. Randomly ripped the tape and stuck it on overlapping and covering the whole vase/ jar. Put a few uneven coats of medium-dark stain over the tape. When it was dry sprayed it with clear matte spray. Looked like leather vases.

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