Progress on Master Bedroom

Jacob has been working tirelessly on the master bedroom. As I have said before, when we first removed the wood paneling, we had discovered wallpaper over what we thought was painted sheetrock. After weeks of delicately removing the wallpaper, careful to keep the teal "paint" intact, Jacob made a discovery. He accidentally dug the knife in too deep and discovered that the teal was not paint, but another layer of wallpaper. Beneath it lay another layer of wallpaper...and one more under that.

Now you might just say, "Guys, enough is enough. You could just paint over it!" You're right, we could. However, that is the route the previous owners took for almost 100 years. Just cover it up. We are starting a new life in this house, not only for us but for the house itself. We would rather peel away all of the coverups even if it reveals some larger problems than continue to layer on more crap. That is why it is all coming up. 

After discovering the new challenge of the room, Jacob demanded some real wallpaper removal materials. We made a trip to Lowe's to buy three things:

 The Piranha scoring tool, liquid spray, and scraper. The first scoring tool broke immediately so we went back for a replacement. This combination took Jacob a good 2 hours to get half of the first wall done. It was quicker than just using his putty knife, but still not ideal. A lot of people had been recommending the use of a steamer, and since we were hoping to have the bedroom completely refinished by October we definitely had to get things moving. Jacob borrowed a steamer from a coworker, and within an 30 minutes the entire wall was finished. Last night he spent another hour finishing the other wall. At this rate, all of the walls will be stripped by the weekend and we can begin phase 2. Our plan from there will be to patch up the rough spots and put Kilz primer over the plaster.