I've spent several long hours trying to get the wallpaper off the walls and I've finally won the battle. I made a few mistakes along the way but I did learn a few things. The wallpaper stripping solution and the wallpaper scraper are 2 very important tools. When I first started I thought I only would need the solution and I could always use the putty knife to scrape it. That caused a lot of deep scratches in the wall not to mention it was very slow going. Last week I broke down and bought a wallpaper scraper. That made the job so much easier and faster. There were some places that it doesn't work at all but for the most part it scraped the paper without a lot of damage to the walls. I had a lot less plastering to do when I got finished. The one problem with the solution is it also removes some of the paper on the sheet rock (the plaster board that makes the wall) if you let it set too long. But for the most part you can't get the job done without it. But now that I've removed the wallpaper, plastered the scratches and sanded I'm finally ready to prime and paint the walls. I've got 1 week before the kitchen tile and hardwood are installed. It feels good to be almost finished with the painting of the entire house, and it will feel a lot better when the last 2 floors are installed. Once that's done I get to move on to the next projects which are outside. I've got just 3 months to finish all the projects before the baby arrives. I figure that once the baby arrives I won't have the energy, money or time to do large projects. I wonder if I will even have the energy to enjoy all that I did, or would I be more interested in the baby my wife and I created. I'm looking forward to next summer when I can just sit back look at my wife and our child playing the the yard.
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