By the time I turned 21 years old, I had already purchased my first home and boy was it a learning experience. The home had originally belonged to my grandparents. It was well over 110 years old and had plaster and lath walls that were in desperate need of stripping. Each wall contained layer upon ...
I wanted to wallpaper a bedroom in my house in 1989. Unfortunately, my lavish taste clashed with my McDonald’s budget. I looked at magazines, went to DIY stores that advertised wallpaper sales and looked everywhere for something that resembled what I had in mind. I found a lot that seemed to fit the bill for ...
Looking for budget-friendly ways to decorate your ceiling or walls? Then it’s time to stretch your dollar with paintable wallpaper. You can get a high-end look for the fraction of the cost. And it’s great for covering unsightly problem walls. Here’s what you can do with paintable relief wallpaper. • The Great Cover Up Sooner ...
The wallpaper in our dining room is baby-food yellow and velvet. I used to sit at the dining room table and just stare at it, trying to imagine the person who chose, bought and hung it on the wall. But I finally got a free weekend and it was time for it to go. Unfortunately, ...
My friend Amy just bought her first house. It a ‘new to you” home that only needs minor work. She was resting on her bed the other day when my husband and I went over, after having scraped her heart out trying to remove a wallpaper border positioned on the wall near the ceiling by ...
Wallpaper is a great way to spice up a room, but it can peel and become dirty after a short amount of time. Removing wallpaper is a painstaking job because of the wallpaper glue residue and the need to repaint the wall. Using wallpaper in a bathroom is never a good idea because the steam ...
For a modern, chic look in your bedroom, dining room or living room, learn how to hang cloth wallpaper instead of painting your walls or hanging ordinary wallpaper. Though crafted for durability, cloth wallpaper (also known as linen wallpaper or fabric wallpaper) retains the casual texture of canvas, on which embroidery or prints look more ...
Hanging wallpaper is really not that hard of a job. Removing it, can be hard, especially removing it carefully and without damaging the wall underneath the paper. But it must be done sometime. The wallpaper will fade. The wallpaper may rip. You just may getting tired of looking at the wallpaper. When it comes time ...
Wallpaper removal can be one of the most time consuming and annoying tasks associated with home improvement, especially when something that is so simple can actually be so difficult. Luckily, you’re just a few simple steps from removing wallpaper quickly and easily so you can change the wall covering to something more updated or just ...
One of the very first things that people notice about a room is the condition of the walls. If they are covered with old and stained wall paper, chances are the room will have a dated and uninspired look. In addition, unlike crisp paint, wallpaper limits the decorating ideas that will work in the room. ...
