We have two guests rooms in our house and one room needed the carpet removed, walls painted, ceiling fixed and painted, etc. I was going to get the room carpeted but I couldn't bring myself to pay a dollar a square foot for crappy carpet that would cost .53 cents in a bigger city. I thought about buying it in St. George and paying someone to put it in but since I didn't buy it here it would probably cost more therefore being the same price. Anyhow, I thought to myself. I am creative. I am an artist. I don't like doing what everyone else does. I like thinking outside the box. I like doing things myself. So I said to myself, myself I said "Just create your own floor." Inspired by a memory from Trudy Locke's attic floor, a Pinterest post and a few blogs I decided to papier-mâché the floor. I loved this idea for many reasons including:
1. I could start immediately.
2. I didn't have to prep the concrete floor (I just swept it).
3. I only needed brown paper, Elmer's glue, water, bucket and a paint brush.
4. I could finish it in one day and could take breaks easily.
5. It was fairly environmentally friendly.
6. Addyson could help.
7. Non-toxic.
8. I can carpet or put down laminate flooring if I hate it.
I STILL have to polyurethane the floor and will add photos of that when it is done. The more layers of polyurethane the better. In my old house in Houston I painted the floor and polyurethaned it and it was beautiful. Stay tuned for the finished product!
Friday, June 29, 2012
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