As predicted, we got about 4 inches of snow in town. The Forest got a lot more. Before entering the forest, it was 1 degrees, which was about 6 degrees colder than where I live in town. When arriving at The Forest House, however, it was much warmer with minimal effort, thanks much to the new ceiling.
Wall paper is an invention from Satan. If one respects their abode, they will never, ever put evil wall paper on the dry wall. Paint can be tinted lovely colors, and walls can be texturized to your satisfaction. There is no excuse to ever opt for the nasty application of wall paper, unless you have hatred for yourself or the people who come after you who will update your room. The removal of 20+-year old wall paper took me quite a long time yesterday and resulted in my waking at 2 a.m. with a near-frozen right shoulder. And I actually consider that I have reasonable, if not above-average, upper arm strength for a Girl. I finished removing the trim and extras that we started Saturday night. Now I have to learn how to apply a "skim coat," considering that removal of the Satanic wall paper took off the very superficial part of the underlying dry wall in some spots. I am still encouraged. Endeavor to persevere!
Did you know you could have just skim coated directly over the wallpaper? Are you texturing it yourself? No texture at all shows every imperfection. Orange peel may be your friend. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteSkin-coated over the wall paper. Hmm. Where are you to help me? No, I didn't know that. I did know that I have a few friends who just put two coats of Kilz on it then painted, but I was trying to be "rigorous" and "do it right." Sigh...
ReplyDeleteIt's ok, I'm going to have beautiful walls. Ok, whoever buys the house is going to have beautiful walls.
I read that alternating skim coating and sanding x 2 times (I think) results in beautiful walls that don't need texturizing. I'll see how it goes. I'm not against texturizing, but I'm going to run out of patience at some point.