Do I need to prime the wall first if I am using the brown paper bag technique and do I put anything on top of the bags to seal the wall or coat them like a glaze or something?
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I have seen this done on several diy programs but I found this for you and I hope it helps. If you follow the directions on this site I would use a glaze with a sealer so you can wash off spots or soil when needed.I hope this helps you.
www.thefamilycorner.com/
I know this would be a lot more work but it would look super expensive decorator fantastic! Make handmade paper with the brown bags first, then use it for wallpaper!
I did my kitchen floor with brown bags. When finished with gluing on and drying I then used polyurethane on it . Can be mopped , and looks great.
Hello,
If you visit the following link, you can find a lengthy
conversation I pretty much had by myself while learning
about Brownbagging:
I've learned so much from Bonnye Manning of
Brownbagwalls.com
If you can't view the thread, let me know and I will
be happy to post the information here. Brown
bagging the walls is easy, cheap and fun!
Karen Marie
08-10-2007. Edit to include the address of a
webpage I have since created to help others
achieve the brownbagging look on walls:
www.wuvie.net/
My daughter-in-law is quite the seamstress. When my son added on to their house,he made her a sewing room over the garage(still attached to the house) Any way, she used old pattern peices and instructions to cover the floor. Then she used polyurithane to seal it. It turned out great!(sew imaginative) Judy in Alabama
I covered the walls in our family room over 4 years ago and I still get tons of compliments on it. I used regular Elmer's glue (can buy in the gallon-size at craft store or teacher's supply store) and mixed it with water (1 part glue to 1 part water). Mix thoroughly. Use torn pieces of brown paper (if pieces were bigger than 10-12" square they were harder to deal with). Using a regular paint brush, brush the glue mixture directly on the wall.
My home is very old and has numerous cracks in the walls that I cannot keep repaired. This was a wonderful way to camoflauge the cracks and looks great. See pic of my new bedroom walls. I did brown and green with contractor paper bought at Home Depot in the paint section. Very inexpensive at $3.97 a roll and took 2 rolls to do the entire 12 x 13 room.
Can this technique be used on a ceiling?
I have a large family room and kitchen combo with wallpaper. Can I paste the brown bags to the existing wallpaper or do I have to strip the wallpaper? My thinking is if I ever wanted to remove the brown paper I could steam it off since it would be over my old wallpaper.
Update to the site. Have since done quite a bit of the floor. Roll Draw Tite on the floor, book contractor's paper with Roman's Golden Harvest GH-34, apply to floor and immediately cover with polyurethane. Let dry, apply another coat of poly. When dry, add more poly. A few coats later and your floor is FAB.
If you like the look of the walls, you will love the floor. The poly makes the mottling even darker. Don't fret. The first coat may look funny, but after the second coat of poly, you begin to see the wow factor.
:-) KM
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Re your question about using wallpaper paste for brown bag walls. I am currently doing my bathroom, which has vinyl wallpaper. I did a test with regular wallpaper paste but it didn't stick.
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