I am taking a small break from stripping wallpaper to eat lunch and vent.
No matter where you live or how nice your house is, there is a homeowner rule that it universally true: The previous owner was an idiot. More often than not, an idiot with bad taste. If you are the first owner of your home, then the builder was an idiot. In our case, the previous owner was also the builder so the idiocy is compounded.
When we moved in eight years ago, I hated the wallpaper in our bedroom and bathroom but learned to live with it because that’s easier than stripping wallpaper. However, we have now re-done every other room and I can’t put it off any more so the wallpaper is coming down. This morning I scored it and sprayed on the stripping solution and started to remove it and discovered that THEY DID NOT PAINT THE WALL BEFORE THEY APPLIED THE WALLPAPER! There is one measly coat of primer up and that is all. So along with the wallpaper, the top layer of drywall is coming off in some places which means that I’m going to have to spackle and sand a whole bunch before I paint, and even then I’ll probably have to hang lots
of pictures.
Thankfully, in the bedroom they just papered one wall and put up a border. When I get to the bathroom though, every inch is covered. I’m going to have to learn some new curse words because I don’t think that my current vocabulary is going to cover that situation.
Thanks for listening.
No matter where you live or how nice your house is, there is a homeowner rule that it universally true: The previous owner was an idiot. More often than not, an idiot with bad taste. If you are the first owner of your home, then the builder was an idiot. In our case, the previous owner was also the builder so the idiocy is compounded.
When we moved in eight years ago, I hated the wallpaper in our bedroom and bathroom but learned to live with it because that’s easier than stripping wallpaper. However, we have now re-done every other room and I can’t put it off any more so the wallpaper is coming down. This morning I scored it and sprayed on the stripping solution and started to remove it and discovered that THEY DID NOT PAINT THE WALL BEFORE THEY APPLIED THE WALLPAPER! There is one measly coat of primer up and that is all. So along with the wallpaper, the top layer of drywall is coming off in some places which means that I’m going to have to spackle and sand a whole bunch before I paint, and even then I’ll probably have to hang lots
of pictures.
Thankfully, in the bedroom they just papered one wall and put up a border. When I get to the bathroom though, every inch is covered. I’m going to have to learn some new curse words because I don’t think that my current vocabulary is going to cover that situation.
Thanks for listening.
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