Seems like the opposite of how books work

thats really cool but poor books

Cool idea,,,is it varnished to protect it?

I'd like to know the process of putting that down as a floor.

what's it like walking there?

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Right. Haha

Yeah it was varnished, I didn’t look too close but I don’t think it was epoxy. It was a little rough.

I’d like to know too. I thought it was neat.

I feel the same way.

It was neat. There were wall to wall books, it was cool.

I can see why you’d think that. It was pretty cool tho. Trust me.

I spy Lonesome Dove. Great book.

I made my son's floor out of comic book pages. It turned out awesome

They used a sealant.

An old reference, but I’ll allow it

The amount of books libraries and used book stores throw away is astounding. Believe it or not this is a better fate.

My wife has those boots!

They’re good boots. I’m a fan. :)

Made from or just covered in?

that's a nice concept!... but i don't think many Indians or Hindus in general will be stepping into that bookstore iykyk XD

The floor is made of wood and covered in pieces of paper. It's not 'made' of paper.

Thanks. I really thought I was walking on paper. Appreciate the clarification. /s

Came here to say this

I’m a little nauseous but I love it.

What if fire catches

Awesome! Where is this?

First the paper, then the epoxy.

I strongly disagree. It seems like it would be epoxy, paper then more epoxy and paper as the project progresses. You can't just throw a bunch of paper on the floor and epoxy over it and expect the paper closest to the floor to bond.

Larry Mcmurtry must be thrilled..

Sounds cool! Please share photos!

How do you chose the books for this? I mean you don't want to sacrifice good books for this but i don't think i would like to have bad once there.

This is a good idea as long as the just used damaged books that there was no hope in saving. Better than just tossing them in the trash

Looks like one page duplicated from the same book

So cool cx

Noooooooooooooooooo 😭

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Looks neat tho

I love it

This is activating my anxiety

That’s my thought too. It was a used book store that just moved locations, I’m assuming that’s what they did.

I’d imagine just take the books that aren’t salvageable. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Seems not good

Why?

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Where is this bookstore? Name and city, please.

Serious question, as your son grows he may no longer be interested in comic books, how hard would it be to remove that floor?

Probably very hard. It's under epoxy. He's grown and gone but we still like the floor. If anything we would put flooring over it.

Pretty hard, but you can put stuff over it pretty easy

Why is that?

Imagine, walking in and somebody is just down on the floor reading the floor book..

Not sure I could step onto that. It would feel almost sacrilegious.

Indian culture or hinduism in general believes that God(s) are omnipresent, and touching something with our leg is seen as disrespecting the god inside that object. This is not only related to Hinduism nowadays, I've seen many other people following different religions do the same... ig its now become an Indian culture kinda thing

While growing up as well, if something had fallen on ground we were always encouraged to pick up the item by hand, and we were discouraged from picking it up using our legs, and now it's become a habit... you would rarely see an Indian pick up a fallen item using their leg

Books are given high respect in our culture, and Hinduism also has a god who is said to reside in books.. the god of knowledge, basically similar to athena in greek. Other religion people also hold the same amount of respect for books... hence why most Indians might feel bad while walking on that kinda floor

I just posted it up!

Thanks for posting. How was your installation process?

I used mod podge to glue the paper to the concrete flooring and put epoxy over it