Hey, everyone, Someone had asked if anyone had used a different type of paper other than the brown paper bag. I used regular brown paper, cut it into strips of equal size; covered front and back with PVA (Elmer's glue), pressed it down and allowed it to dry. I then used a sponge to stain it so it looked like wood. I, then, covered it with 12 layers of flat lacquer. We slide furniture across it, mop it often, sometimes wear shoes and we have two dogs. This was laid directly on top of painted subflooring. Hope this helps.