Our popular brown paper flooring original video (that has spawned a lot of copies!) and our FAQ answering the many questions we get on it led us to create this follow-up video to provide even more information on how it wears as well as answering more questions.
More than four years ago Brian and I tore up the disgusting carpet in our daughter’s room and covered the particle board subfloor with brown craft paper. While we worked on it, we shot footage for a video so other people could easily follow exactly what we’d done. We thought a few thousand people might want to see it, not a few hundred thousand!
Since then it’s become one of AOC’s most popular posts and has generated so many questions I created a whole Brown Paper Flooring FAQÂ page. One of the things people want to know – and for good reason – is how well do paper floors hold up under foot traffic.
So we’ve made a follow-up video where we revisit our floors to see how they’ve held up after more than four years. We also look at issues like area rugs and sun fading, and something I did wrong that is now causing a problem. And at the end of the video I answer the most common questions from the hundreds we’ve gotten on YouTube and this blog. I hope you enjoy it!
Hi Jami,
You’re awesome!! I left my husband, bought a house and a hydrographics business, all within 4 months. So, I kinda ran out of cash but am extremely artistic and fairly resourceful; I went online yesterday looking for cheaper solutions than buying flooring for my basement … found your site and now have a plan!
Thank you so much!
Lynn 😀
Thank you Lynn! Hope you like it. 🙂
Hi Jami!
Loved the video. Loved the update and the Answered Questions.
Like you…my floor (YES,over vinyl, in my bathroom) is my most popular post!
I don’t have videos of it on Youtube. But it is my most pinned on Pinterest, my most Googled on Google, and most DIRECT EMAIL inquiry.
I love my bathroom floor. I should do another update on my floor– it is only 2 1/2 years old.
I get wet pool traffic and it has held up well.
I have had a small crease like you mentioned (a ridge) and it has loosened a little.
The greatest problem with my floor– is where the water seeped under the vinyl from a leaky toilet wax ring. It created a darker water stain in the paper…seeping up.
One thing that you didn’t mention– and maybe you haven’t had to do this. But this floor is very easy to repair.
A little sanding. A little more poly. A little more paper, stain, and poly finish coat…and Bob’s Your Uncle!
Patching is done. Repair is complete!
Thanks again for posting this ingenious technique for a super cheap but very creative idea! You gave me the courage to try it!
Oh…and to remove over vinyl. I would think you just pull up the vinyl. For concrete…not so easy. 😉
Thanks Jami!
Pat
So nice to have the update. Your floors look great after 4 years. It’s good to know that it lasts so well.
It was so crazy to hear your voice. Blog reading is similar to books, you make up how you think people should sound in your head. Cute video.
Ha! Now I’m afraid to ask what you had me sounding like in your head… 😉