More Wallpaper Removal

Pic, above left & right: The new paint, applied in a test run to the living room and foyer.

Back at the property,

removing wallpaper (no surpise there). We found hope in the form of plastic packaging and stainless steel "claws'....

THE CLAW

Guaranteed to cut the job down by 50%! We picked up a CLAW at Lowes to help the job go faster.

The claw has stainess steen claws on a wheel and a plastic protective body. It is used to score the wallpaper so that when we spray the water (through the mist sprayer we bought for the pet odor spray) or removing solution, it cal fully (or mostly) penetrate the wallpaper's seal and allow the entire sheet to lift from the wall.... that's our LAYERS of wallpaper removing technique for now!

The CLAW didn't work well in the living room or master bedroom/den, which had wallpaper that had been painted over (though it did help things go 50% faster than it was going), but it worked well in the foyer! Ray cleared an entire wall in the time it took me to clear the small area he is working on behind me in the photo above!

It is such a shame to see that pretty color from the living room go, but I have a great feeling about this very neutral being color we found at Lowe's, as well as the darker accent color that will go on the back wall of the living room. It's going to look fabulously neutral!

Question for the Homeowners:

Did you paint and remodel the living room or did the tenants?

This room had a really neat faux painting over wallpaper.. at least I think that's what it was. The faux technique was great, but the colors were cool tones and one wall had a completely different type of wallpaper or paint that did not work well together, though I loved the blue and gold faux color combo.. it would have been nice if the entire room would have been that color, I would have kept it...

When decorating with color, it is important to stick to one base color in a room; use it throughout the room and only introduce new colors that coordinate as accents. This room has four different wall designs in wallpaper and (I think) paint, plus three different borders. There is hardly anything salvedgable, though I am trying to keep the globe design wallpaper on the window wall where the wood-burning stove sits.

Had there been a reliable pattern to the design, I could have salvadged more, maybe even the whole room, but not with the distracting & confusing decor.

FLOORS:

I have been looking at floor stain for the wood; there are so many choices! I think I will go with a medium color, although walnut has really been calling my name! I want to keep the place bright, though, so we'll see. We won't be able to do the floor with what is left, we will need enough money to rent the truck, floor sanding machine, and the sealant for the floor. We shall cross that bridge when we come to it...

The dining room, 1/2 way done in peeling the paper from this room, but now we have a wall with a strange exterior stucco texture!