Kerrie McLoughlin
- Kerrie McLoughlin
- Overland Park, Kansas, United States
- I'm pretty lazy. I homeschool my 5 naughty kids, write stuff, do dishes, put away laundry, cook stuff and give unsolicited opinions. I stay young-looking by eating food with preservatives and not taking off my mascara before I go to bed.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
How to Strip Wallpaper Without Losing Your Mind
So I told you yesterday how I got all this cooking done in the morning/early afternoon. Then a friend came over with her 5 kids (I know a lot of Breeders) and we scraped wallpaper. She brought over a steamer, and I have to say she didn't have a lot more luck than I had with hot water in a spray bottle and my scorer. Someone wanted to see progress on my 10-year wallpaper stripping kitchen project (ElfMom?), so for your viewing pleasure here is a picture of the north wall of my kitchen. Note how I got a wild hair and for some crazy reason started scraping off paint from the OVEN. It was cream, now it's cream and brown. I want to get appliance paint and do it turquoise, but hubs is being a buzzkill on that decorating venture. (by the way, the title of this post is just. not. possible.)
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3 rockin' comments:
Don't tell me that! I'll be removing my kitchen wall paper soon (I hope) I did it in my old house and it was a nightmare because they wallpapered directly to the sheet rock! Hope that's not the case in this house.
Turquoise would be a very nice touch!! Seriously. You would have to pick just the right colour for the walls, though.
Good luck and DO keep posting pics! :)
Kerrie:
Try a little liquid fabric softener in with your hot water. Score the wallpaper and spray with water/fabric softener mix. Helps loosen wallpaper. (also makes your house smell good)
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