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 […]
Yet another week of the One Room Challenge…and another week of scraping wallpaper. Betcha didn’t see that one coming! Week 8 is the final week, so the deadline is coming up very soon for having alllll of this wallpaper removed. Here’s where I was on this section of wall at the end of last week: […]
After my pivot in Week 4 of the One Room Challenge to make this challenge all about me removing the wallpaper in Miss E’s bedroom, it has been a little less intimidating. I still have a ton of scraping left to do and it may be a close shave with even having this new goal […]
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 […]
