Saturday, 25 January 2020

Distractions pt2 - Wallpaper

We need to strip all the wallpaper so I've borrowed the Family Steamer. Having not done wallpaper stripping before, I decided it would be good to practice on a wall that was going to be demolished by builders. The B&Q website said to score the paper and to start at the bottom. This was my progress after one diligent hour:

I gave up, and packed up to go to lunch. On my way out, I tugged a loose edge of wallpaper on a different wall and this happened:

"It just came off in my hands Guv!"

A quick visit to YouTube taught me a different method (start steaming at the top!), and most of the rest of the room came off just as easily. I can't believe the difference in progress and difficulty!

So now my sewing space looks like this:

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