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Wallpaper is evil.
Feb. 13th, 2002 08:10 pmWallpaper is simply a way for incompetent do it yourselfers to cover a huge number of sins. But it works as effectively as politicians shouting, "hey, look there's a war!" After a little while you figure out what they were up to.
So today I stood with handy dandy citrus wallpaper remover, razor sharp scraper, and more rue than a map of the french quarter. Hours later my right palm had confirmed that indeed the scraper was still sharp, the bathroom was covered in little shreds, and the full extent of sins had been exhumed. I hate wallpaper.
The unfortunate thing here is I have the choice of tearing out all those sins along with the molding and walls or hiding it all quite effectively under a layer of... wallpaper.
Okay, so I'm going to do it. But only because I don't want to crack another set of outside walls this winter (especially the northwest corner) and I want to get this done relatively quickly. I am going to patch the hidden holes, cover the hidden rusting nail heads, and clean up some of the gaps in the molding that's circa 1970. If I'm still in this house in another 2 years I'll probably rip the whole bath out and start over. If I'm not, some other poor sucker will swear about my shoddy work.
So today I stood with handy dandy citrus wallpaper remover, razor sharp scraper, and more rue than a map of the french quarter. Hours later my right palm had confirmed that indeed the scraper was still sharp, the bathroom was covered in little shreds, and the full extent of sins had been exhumed. I hate wallpaper.
The unfortunate thing here is I have the choice of tearing out all those sins along with the molding and walls or hiding it all quite effectively under a layer of... wallpaper.
Okay, so I'm going to do it. But only because I don't want to crack another set of outside walls this winter (especially the northwest corner) and I want to get this done relatively quickly. I am going to patch the hidden holes, cover the hidden rusting nail heads, and clean up some of the gaps in the molding that's circa 1970. If I'm still in this house in another 2 years I'll probably rip the whole bath out and start over. If I'm not, some other poor sucker will swear about my shoddy work.
