Amy is a picker. She has a scab she picks it. She has a nose, she picks it. She sits on the toilet and picks the wallpaper off the wall. For a long while I was able to repair the picks, but while we were on our cruise she pealed a big piece. A really, really big piece.
Since Amy is such a good picker, I put her to work and soon she was peeling wallpaper like a pro. I had just enough wall paper to repair the entire section floor to ceiling. We prepped the wall and then a few days later I got the wallpaper out, measured and went to the bathroom to hang the wallpaper. However, I found that during the measuring and cutting one of my other children picked wallpaper off in the different direction. So, I knew it was time to get rid of wallpaper altogether and redo the entire bathroom.
I learned to strip wallpaper, mud a wall, sand it down, prime it, texture it, sand it smooth and repaint. It wasn't a project I wanted to do, but I'm glad I learned some new skills.
7 comments:
wow - there may come a day when you'll have to forget the wallpaper and stick with paint.
Go you! I always envy people who have those kind of home-building skills. Let's hope Amy can't get a good start on the new wallpaper!
You go girl! I want to see a picture of the finsihed product! :)
when do we get to see the final product?
See, you're amazing! (and talented, and patient and gorgeous....)
Don't you love all the amazing things that as a mother you learn?
I have learned things I never wanted to know ... how to remove crayon from carpet, marker off walls. When to throw away the cloths and when to salvage.
I just want to see the finished product. I am a picker as well. Amy and I could be great buddies.
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