The Dining Room
01 October 2011 Last week, we finally got to working on the walls in our living room. We stripped the wallpaper for three evenings - it was the only time we could really do it after we put Maya down for her bedtime - prepped the walls, sanded and painted the plinths and hung the wallpaper in the days that followed. It was the first time we saw the walls bare since we bought this place; they were newly wallpapered then and we were too eager to move in and have our own place to meticulously investigate. I favor painting over wallpaper though but the walls need a whole lot of work and would cost us too much time, effort and money which we didn't really feel like spending so we opted to just use wallpaper. And since I have been wanting to do something about the room for ages, we took up to the task to do it ourselves.
Spraying water on the walls several times and lightly scoring them before removing the wallpaper definitely made the job easier and faster. It is mindless work but it is rather therapeutic. I enjoyed doing it. The cleanup after, however, is a different story.
It's been a long while since we worked on a project such as this but we managed to get things done with just the two of us. We have always asked my father-in-law's help before as this is in his line of work, but we decided to give it a go on our own this time. It is more fulfilling and rewarding when you're the one doing it all even though it's not as perfect as you wish it to be, but at the end of the day and everything is finished, you feel accomplished and proud for having done everything yourself. It makes it more yours - after all the sweat, blood, bruises, body aches and lack of sleep.
I am loving the white walls. It gives the room a brand new feel - lighter, spacious and clean. I don't know why it took us this long to do it.
Posted in My Home | Comments (3)
witsandnuts at October 02 2011 | 19:48 |
My dining set is all white as well. I love white walls!  |
Jess at October 03 2011 | 19:07 |
| The walls look great! I favor white walls and prefer to decorate with color. |
Gracey at October 04 2011 | 10:45 |
| Thank you, ladies! I am really loving it too. Challenge now is what and how to hang prints on the walls. Haha. |
