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| Wallpaper Removal |
The wallpaper removal went quite well this weekend and we managed to pull off all the wallpaper remaining in the house. Whew! It was a lot of work but as far as wallpaper goes, it wasn’t anything to complain about. Each type (we had the top, bottom, and border in the Library and the foil type paper in the bathroom) was a little different but overall, the same methods worked and it all came down without a major fight. We did have to improvise a little with supplies – mainly in the mixing of the enzyme solution we used for removal and in a step ladder to remove the wallpaper from the top of the walls. For warming up the water for the mixture (we didn’t read the part about hot water until we were about to mix it), Jeremy ran to CVS down the street and bought some rubbermaid microwaveable containers. The old owners left the microwave (ironically, the exact model we have) so that worked out well for creating hot water. We also had to buy gallons of water at the store because the water in the house wasn’t turned on just yet. As far as the step ladder, we improvised with the island butcher block from the kitchen in the Library and when it wouldn’t fit through the doorway to the bathroom, Jeremy grabbed the recycle bin and stood the bucket from Lowes on top of that. It feels really great to have that part of the project done so that when we return next weekend, we can start in on the sanding and spackling the walls to prepare them for painting. You can see the progress below.
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