Goodbye Wallpaper!

As I am certain I have mentioned in other posts, we did not move into our current home immediately after buying it. I wanted to have a somewhat functional kitchen before moving in which had us living with my in-laws while the kitchen was redone. However, there were times that one of us had to be here while work was being done. This was true for when the kitchen cabinets were being installed. They wanted us here in case there were any questions and I wanted to be here as much as possible since I was beyond excited to see the kitchen being put back together. Since we had moved our boxes that were not immediate needs (clothes and the like) into the home in piles as far away from the kitchen as we could get them and there was also construction dust everywhere, the home was feeling anything but homey. We also didn’t have internet set up. So while hanging out here while the cabinets were installed there really wasn’t much to do. I discovered a loose piece of wallpaper in the foyer/stairwell and decided what better time then now to remove the wallpaper. At first it came off very easily and I quickly took a good portion down. After a while things did get harder and I had to work to get the remaining pieces off. There was some wall repair needed afterwards, but nothing too terrible. Overall, I think it was a great use of my time. Also as I point out in captions below, sometime between me starting to remove the wallpaper and the after photos Chris smoothed the ceilings. I am a huge believer in smoothing ceilings. It really lightens and brightens up a space!