Because we have nothing better to do...or...we're...NUTS!

We knew when we bought this older home that we would do things to make it ours...slap some paint on...maybe change some flooring from carpet to wood...and the biggest challenge would be the master bathroom. Uh...no...

Little did we know that either the renters or the previous owners painted the wallpaper in MANY areas.

Many of these searches:

and chatting with people from here:

we determined that we needed to purchase a steamer that you can see in this post here. Yes, it was a blessing...but ...oh what a mess.

After doing the hall which already had wall paper peeling off when we moved in...we decided to tackle the half bath since we already had everything for the remodel.

BEFORE:

This is not our taste and I'll just leave it at that.

DURING PROCESS:

Obviously this was after we got the wallpaper off. We had to peel the top coat (the design) off by hand before the steamer would really work.

Sometimes the paper got so hot that it blistered the paint underneath and if you scrape too hard you dig into the drywall. Ouch!

And then you have to deal with this...pieces of wallpaper or drywall that stick to your feet and get tracked all over unless you keep up with the clean up.

TOOLS OF CHOICE for SCRAPING:

Tried this one first and it wasn't bad

But this was the tool of choice:

This guy came in handy for scraping and for peeling off the steamed wallpaper.

Sorry Jay but there is drywall compound involved. My hubby is very very handy but ANYTHING drywall he HATES!!! It is like his Nemesis....his Krptonite.

Sorry I don't have AFTER pictures because we aren't there yet. These pics were just taken this morning so you know we have a looooooong process but I do have my paint and fixtures that I can't wait to get up and see one room finished. So stay tuned....