The ups & downs of living in & restoring our 100+ old Victorian house
The One Room Challenge has one more week after this which is reserved for taking pretty pictures of your finished room. Being still on Step #1 for the bedroom of stripping stubborn wallpaper for 7+ weeks, y’all probably already know…that’s not going to be happening annnnytime in the next few WEEKS here. Therefore, with head […]
One Room Challenge this week has been like a smack in the face. And my wall steamer threw in a few burns on my fingers for good measure. Yup. I’m super late with last week’s post and I am quickly coming out of the “Great Disillusion” and getting onboard the reality train to the ORC […]
After many hour scraping (and aching), it has come to my attention that to remove wallpaper means to be in battle. I feel like I need to give a general PSA about this: if you are considering using wallpaper, for the love of all that is good, DON’T. Those pretty wallpapers that lure you in […]
Yes fellow Doctor Who geeks, we went completely Dalek on our built-ins. (go here for “before” pix) Cue the carnage: Karl unbolting the pipe from the 100+ year-old floors me, taking off the hinged radiator covers #ijustwantplaster the radiator is frreeeeeee! Trust me when I say this: it looks SO. MUCH. BETTER. The room feels […]
