Some cool Improvement Project images:

Removing Wallpaper

Image by CarpElgin
My mother’s first response to the pictures of our new house (two years
ago) was "Loose the wallpaper." We just started removing it last week…
only to find multiple layers of wallpaper… and unprimed plaster
underneath.

Message to anyone putting up wallpaper. Putting up a skim coat of
plaster to smooth the walls before putting up wallpaper is cool, but
paint on a coat of primer first. When you go to remove the wallpaper
years later, the water and wallpaper paste remover will turn the plaster
to mush. It is impossible to easily remove the wallpaper without having
to go back retexturize the walls. This is the third time I’ve had to
deal with it… and it’s getting frustrating.

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