Peeling back the years....

It's always an adventure when re-doing your house and seeing what may be under layers of wallpaper, etc.

Since our house was only built in 1991, it's not quite as much fun, especially when the idiots who built the house decided not to paint or prime the walls before wallpapering, so many of you have hear me gripe and gripe about the chore it has become to remove this horrible wallpaper.

Please, no more home remedies on getting it off, trust me, we've tried everything!!!! Ben has come up with the best way, and that's with a heat gun, which works well, but you have to be careful. Yesterday we got to check to see that the smoke detector works because some of the wallpaper got a little too hot! Oh well, you are supposed to check those a the first of ever year, so that's off the to do list!!

We are currently working on redoing the guest bathroom. I wanted to get that done prior to baby and it should cost less to redo than the kitchen or our master bath which is the only 2 other rooms left to do.

The horrible linoleum has been ripped up and John my handyman has tiled it for me. So, the walls must be dealt with next before we can get the vanity back, etc. So, I was going to just re-wallpaper it until I realized that the wallpaper I wanted cost $60 per double roll and I was going to need 7 rolls.....not paying that much. So Ben decided he would tackle the wallpaper with a heat gun, and it's working well.

In "peeling back the years" this lovely pink wallpaper is what we found. I was like 14 in 1991 and I know good and well this horrible pink wallpaper would have never been in style. Don't know what these crazy people were thinking, but just thought I'd share the lovely find with all of you! Hopefully the wallpaper removal will wrap up soon, toilet is going in today and then we can finish it up with a nice coat of paint!