Biting the Bullet

Well, today I bit the bullet and tore down the ugly tropical wallpaper in the entry. This means I have committed to work on this project this summer. The walls are in so-so condition. Portions had been replaced with 1/2" drywall previously and there are sections with quite alot of movement in them.

We may just take the plaster out and leave the lathe for strength. It's a small room and we think a good drywall job will outlast repairing the plaster and be quicker to boot. We were VERY lucky because I was able to just peel all the wallpaper off. I used no paste or anything.
Every once in a while, you catch a break.


The moulding will all be carefully removed and stripped. I am planning to wrap it in plastic with stripper and "let the stripper do the work" rather than heat gun it.


Here's a view from the front porch. In my opinion, it looks better already.


close-up of wall

And below is a short of the brackets as they stand right now - 1/2 done.

Next weekend will be a BIG weekend here as we will (finally) be finishing tiling the kitchen and Steve will glue up the shelves and finish them.