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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

I Was Wrong!

Not all vinyl wallpaper is created equal...The floors came up easily. They were textured paper with a net backing....We aren't going to talk about the paper that I used on the dining room and top bedroom walls....Both of those rooms were terrible.

Since Ajax discontinued the cleaner that I used to use for cleaning up old houses, I resorted to the next best thing. Clorox wipes work pretty well. I wet the walls by going over them with the wipes and pulling the top layer of wallpaper(vinyl part) off in a few larger pieces...Kind of. Some of the larger pieces weren't so large. Maybe by 1/2" scale they were, but by my standards...Not so much.

At least the floors came up in one piece, so all I will have to do with those is draw around them and cut new pieces.

I also pulled off all of the plastic brick. That stuff may be one of the reasons that I came to a stand still. I remember now that I had a terrible time getting them to bend and stick to the house right. I finally resorted to clear silicone sealer.

That is kind of like when we were kids and painted our fingers with rubber cement so that we could peel it off. I had sealer all over the place. That was sort of fun in a way.

This morning I got up and painted the edge trim and all of the moldings inside white. I am trying to decide if I want to pull all of the nice molding out of the living room to take the paper off, leave it as it is, or paint over the paper.

I like the paper in the bedroom. It would be easy enough to take out, but I am leaning towards keeping it. It is a nice neutral background.

I did get some of the shingles put on one side of the back roof this morning. It took me about an hour....That's over a hundred shingles on that little patch. One at a time.....I think that I have mentioned before. I HATE SHINGLES! I don't know anybody that likes that particular job.

Meanwhile, Tessie has been very helpful....It is making me very nervous. She found the 1/2" scale zebra rug I made on #40 canvas with silk thread...She found a case of coke....There is a roasted chicken that a friend made and assorted pots and pans.

She sat there in the attic for a while giggling to herself and fingering the items she found. Then she disappeared and I heard mad laughter coming from the workroom.... She is definitely up to no good...

See you tomorrow.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Maybe she is planning a house for mini Tessie. Half scale! Then you can have a half scale Tessie telling you what to do!

Phyllisa said...

Hi Casey. That is one cute little house! I'll be following along with your renovation.
Phyllisa

Norma Bennett said...

Oh dear, I certainly sympathise with the vinyl wallpaper drama, I've spent many an hour trying to get it off real house walls and eventually resorted to a steamer once the vinyl covering was off. Typical Tessie I bet she was nowhere to be seen when there was hard work to be done! And of course she's up to no good - it's in her DNA! :)

Crafter's Delights said...

How exciting!

Claudia said...

You're getting me anxious to start working on mine, Casey! I don't have all that much more to do on the 1'' scale dollhouse - then I have to furnish it and that may take a while! So I'm thinking it will be time to start the 1/2" house.

xo
Claudia

Lady Jane said...

I redid a house a couple of years ago for my friends granddaughter and I actually used a travel steamer to get the wall paper off. It worked and did not affect the wood which surprised me. It was an extremely well made house. I will have fun watching your posts. LJ