12/7/2023 0 Comments Skim coat over wallpaper adhesive![]() Especially if I added a new step beforehand that we heard could really help loosen things up: spraying it down with fabric softener before steaming it (I used a spray bottle with 50% warm water and 50% Seventh Generation fabric softener in it). Since the shower steam had worked so well for that area, we figured a little extra help from my sister’s clothes steamer would do the trick everywhere else (it had been slightly faster than the other methods we tried when we used it in the foyer). One morning Sherry was showering and I heard her yell “hey, come take a picture!” Intrigued, I hurried into the bathroom… only to find that she had stripped off several panels of wallpaper whilst showering.Ī bunch of corners in there were curled up from the effect of the shower steam over the years, so it took virtually zero effort (and apparently zero clothes) to get most of the shower free of wallpaper. The walls are just primed in the picture above, but it’s already a vaaaast improvement.Īlthough it was just completed last week, the peeling process actually started a little while ago. ![]() But more on that in a second.įirst we’ll just remind you what this room looked like every time we walked into it for the last half of a year. In fact, it was actually one of Sherry’s “before the baby comes” goals – so to hit it with a few months to spare means that we can dive into some more fun bathroom stuff before baby. Considering that we’ve spent over 45 hours of our lives removing it in five different rooms over the course of the last six months we’re relieved. what paint plans we’ve landed on for this freshly de-wallpapered space (hint: we’re going to try to balance out the bold floor tiles with some up-high interest)īut let’s soak up the whole “wallpaper free” thing for a second.how we primed & painted all of the cream trim and old wood quarter-round.how we puttied, prepped, and primed the damaged walls.Strike up the band! Fire the cannons! Attempt to twerk! Okay maybe not that last one, but whatever the appropriate celebratory action is, bust it out because our once very wallpapered house is officially wallpaper-less!Īnd since we thought one last wallpaper removal post might be boring on its own, we saved that info and bulked it up with some other bathroom progress for you guys – namely…
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