Why remove this layer of history from our house, you ask???
This is why:
The removal is going surprisingly easy - perhaps the house is glad to give up this terrible, terrible excuse for a wall covering?
The foil peels off in big chunks, and then we spray a little concoction of water and vinegar (thanks, mom!) on the backing paper that remains, dissolving the glue. The white backing then lifts right off.
The older stuff is only on two walls and parts of it are really grimy. Also, there are gigantic chunks missing. We are going to try to work with it...some cleaning and carefully placed towel racks should help. If we get really ambitious, we might try to paint in the missing design....or something. Bill suggested simply painting "insert missing wallpaper here." Funny guy.
Love the "new" old wallpaper. What if you painted solid color found in the wall paper into the missing spots? It looks like you have huge ceilings in the bathroom!! I wish I could see your house!! Maybe we can do a trip out this summer.
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ReplyDeleteWallpaper is evil. EVIL! I wish I knew about the vinegar stuff when we were stripping paper in our house. We bought some goop and it sortof only half worked. We ended up sharpening some putty knives to tomato slicing quality then scraping everything off. Following this there was lots of application of new putty. Thankfully, my brother in law was looking for an opportunity to practice his zen-like home improvement abilities. We never would have made it without his help!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should strategically hang paintings on your new old wallpaper.
I can't see all the photos?!?
ReplyDeleteI attempted to strip wallpaper in my new house last Spring, and it was impossible. No sizing agent had been applied, and the paper was bonded to the underlying drywall. I had to mud the seams and then apply multiple coats of paint, but now it is buried forever...
I DON'T SEE ANY FLOWERING FRUIT TREES
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