Wallpaper…
…or lack thereof.
Last night Denny and I began the considerable task of removing wallpaper from our kitchen/dining room. So far, it’s not so bad. Of course, we’ve only done part of one wall, but it’s coming off pretty well. We decided to go with a 3:1 water:vinegar mix as a solvent, and it’s doing the trick quite nicely. The people at Lowes recommend some chemical spray that I’ve heard works well, but we thought we’d try the vinegar thing first, just because I’d rather not coat my kitchen in chemical glue dissolver, know what I mean? Yes, all you snooties, I’m aware that vinegar is a chemical, but I figure if I can put it on a salad, it’s not too big a deal to have floating around my atmosphere.
The only bad news is that I accidentally ate some wallpaper paste. It was gross. I thought it was part of a cookie. I was way off on that one.
We picked out some paint chips, too. We hope to use those colors in the kitchen/dining room when we’re done de-wallpapering, assuming we have the energy. I’ll do my best not to eat the paint.
