Comments on: Peeling back the layers: The Story of a girl, a 100-year-old house, and lots of wallpaper http://edwardsmagazine.com/2009/10/20/peeling-back-the-layers-the-story-of-a-girl-a-100-year-old-house-and-lots-of-wallpaper/ Inspire. Inform. Celebrate. Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colleen McKie http://edwardsmagazine.com/2009/10/20/peeling-back-the-layers-the-story-of-a-girl-a-100-year-old-house-and-lots-of-wallpaper/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Colleen McKie Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:16:49 +0000 http://edwardsmagazine.com/?p=164#comment-9 Hey Nils, I have my days where I hate the place (hence the 10th level of Hell reference) but overall I'm infatuated with the house. New goal is to move in my December. Of course we just took all the plaster down in the living room and decided to put in a new tub and move kitchen cabinets.......... Hiya Erin, I am at the very tail end of the wallpaper stripping. And yeah, the weirdness I found! In the kitchen two walls were being held up with the wallpaper. Removed the paper and down came the plaster with it! Hey Nils,
I have my days where I hate the place (hence the 10th level of Hell reference) but overall I’m infatuated with the house. New goal is to move in my December. Of course we just took all the plaster down in the living room and decided to put in a new tub and move kitchen cabinets……….

Hiya Erin,
I am at the very tail end of the wallpaper stripping. And yeah, the weirdness I found! In the kitchen two walls were being held up with the wallpaper. Removed the paper and down came the plaster with it!

]]> By: Erin http://edwardsmagazine.com/2009/10/20/peeling-back-the-layers-the-story-of-a-girl-a-100-year-old-house-and-lots-of-wallpaper/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Erin Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:10:19 +0000 http://edwardsmagazine.com/?p=164#comment-8 This takes me back to our first house and all the crazy things I found beneath layers of wallpaper. My favorite- rather than actually attaching a piece of drywall that was patching a hole created by a reno, they simply wallpapered it all together! If you are still stripping, I highly recommend renting a wall paper steamer. It saved me a few times. This takes me back to our first house and all the crazy things I found beneath layers of wallpaper. My favorite- rather than actually attaching a piece of drywall that was patching a hole created by a reno, they simply wallpapered it all together!
If you are still stripping, I highly recommend renting a wall paper steamer. It saved me a few times.

]]> By: Nils Ling http://edwardsmagazine.com/2009/10/20/peeling-back-the-layers-the-story-of-a-girl-a-100-year-old-house-and-lots-of-wallpaper/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Nils Ling Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:25:20 +0000 http://edwardsmagazine.com/?p=164#comment-6 Oh, man. How I wish you had talked to me about your schedule before you plunged in! I could have told you the basic tenet of renovation where it comes to 100 year old houses: everything will take three times longer than you think, will have to be done in a different way than you first thought, and will create a new problem that will have to be solved that will take three times longer than you think, will have to be done differently than you first thought, and will create a new problem that will have to be solved that will take ... (I'm sure you see the pattern) That said ... once you have lived in a cozy old country farmhouse for a while you will not imagine yourself living anywhere else. It does step up and grab you, and won't let go. Oh, man. How I wish you had talked to me about your schedule before you plunged in! I could have told you the basic tenet of renovation where it comes to 100 year old houses: everything will take three times longer than you think, will have to be done in a different way than you first thought, and will create a new problem that will have to be solved that will take three times longer than you think, will have to be done differently than you first thought, and will create a new problem that will have to be solved that will take … (I’m sure you see the pattern)

That said … once you have lived in a cozy old country farmhouse for a while you will not imagine yourself living anywhere else. It does step up and grab you, and won’t let go.

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