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What you will need,
Paper of your choice, I worked with brown parcel paper.
* PVA glue, mixed with water.
* Varnish, clear if you want the colour of the paper you have. With a stain if you want to change the colour.
Step one- Clean the area you are going to be working with.
Step two- Tear off bits of the brown paper and screw them up. (Only screw for the leathered affect, this creases in the paper will show, which is what creates the leather look)
Step Three – Use your PVA mix, taking a paint brush and coating the floor with PVA.
Step Four- Unscrew your paper and lay it over the PVA on the floor, and an extra layer of PVA over the top.
Step five- Now lay PVA over the next area you want to paper, overlap the next piece slightly with the one you have just laid. Again put PVA over the top of this piece.
Step Six- repeat until the whole floor is covered.
Step seven- Allow to fully dry. I suggest leaving it over night.
Step eight – this is an optional step and all depends if you like the colour of the floor, I wanted a darker finish. To achieve this I used a stain. I had done 2 layers of stain using a brush.
Step nine- varnish. This step matters. It will make all the difference in the durability of your floor, the more coats you do the better. You must follow instructions on the tin.
Written By Toni Trevillion