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Wallpaper Removal : /
Asked by D.P. from Pittsburgh
on February 28, 2011
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When we bought our house EVERY room (except one) was wallpapered. fast forward to now...we are down to the last room--the dining room and it's a DOOZIE. The wallpape...
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- This happened to me once - that the previous owners hung the wallpaper directly on unprimed drywall. I had a professional wallpaper hanger come out to look at it becau...
- Our house was built in the 60's and when we bought it over 4 years ago, the original wallpaper was still on the walls and not even beginning to show signs of peeling. ...
- Steam it is the best!!
How to Remove Wallpaper
Asked by C.W. from Washington DC
on February 20, 2012
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To say that I am cursing the previous owner of this house right now is an understatement. Several years ago we bought this house and the kitchen and dining room were ...
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- Get a steamer. If the paper has a vinyl coating, that should peel off and leave the rest of the glue mess underneath. Peel it and then steam it -- it will be faster ...
- I've always used a steamer. I bought one for $80 from Home Depot. Fill up the reservoir with water and it heats up in about 20 minutes. It works like a charm and ...
- UGH.. I have put up and taken down a lot of papers in the last 30 years and only needed a spray bottle of water and sometimes the little scorer thing. I have used wall...
Wallpaper Advice Needed
Asked by A.G. from Dallas
on August 17, 2006
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My sweet hubby recently painted our bedroom. The wallpaper in our bathroom looks very nice with it, but I would like to change the border. I have never done any sort...
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- Yes, you can paper over the border, but will need to apply a primer first. Go to your local Lowe's and they can show you what to get.
- Wallpaper has recently taken a backseat to unusual texture techniques. I would get rid of the wallpaper by priming and retexturizing and painting. If you do it now, ...
- I wanted that done too last year and my panter said it could not be done well. He recommended just getting a larger border and putting it overtop the old one. That is...
How to Get Wallpaper Glue off of Walls
Asked by C.S. from Minneapolis
on September 30, 2008
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We are in the process of redoing our bathroom. It had wallpaper on it, which we have removed, but the only problem is that there is all this excess glue still on the ...
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- Hi, We used a mixture of water and liquid fabric softener. Put it into a spray bottom and spray your walls. Line the floor w/ towels to sop up the stuff that runs do...
- We re-did a bedroom several years ago and went with all the fancy gadgets (adhesive remover, scrapping tools, ect) on one wall! That's as far as those went!!! It took ...
- You can use dishwasher soap with phosphates mixed with water. It removes the glue really well and leaves the room smelling clean. You will have to change the water fai...
Did You Decorate Your Toddler's Bedroom?
Asked by R.S. from Chicago
on February 17, 2010
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My mom bought our baby some beautiful bedding, complete with all accessories (lamp, hamper, wall decor, etc) for when she's a toddler. The pattern is called raspberry ...
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- I painted my daughters room when we moved to this house, when she was just under two. I did it in such a way that it could be kept as long as she wanted it (not babyi...
- My mother in law made my daughter (27 months) a pastel colored quilt for her toddler bed. It's so beautiful and was easy to match to any girl colored things. Hobby Lob...
- We let our kids decorate their own walls. For example, we have a cat calendar from 2009. Now that it's done, we cut it all apart and let our kids tape the cat pictur...
Your Kids Bedroom...
Asked by M.D. from Corpus Christi
on October 25, 2011
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So is your kids room something out of a magazine or a mess of toys, books and clothes? I am painting and re-decorating my kids rooms and Im really hoping that the end...
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- My daughter is only 2 so I haven't yet explored creating funky bulletin boards, or the clothesline look (which I love)...but I assume as she grows and begins school, w...
- I love the clothesline idea!! I may have to steal that one! I did decorate my kids' rooms and they are really cute when all clean but they are rarely cleaned the...
- Ha. It's currently an unmitigated disaster. Thing was... we were just prepping to rip out the carpet and paint and trade out toys / redo his room right before he...
What Stores Sell Decals for Kids' Bedroom Walls?
Asked by J.P. from Chicago
on July 18, 2008
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Hello.... I was wondering if any of you have recently seen those decals that you can put on your child's bedroom wall. These are the ones that easily come off the wal...
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- babies R us! they are found near the bedding supplies in room decor with matching garbage cans, nightlights, etc.
- Hi- I went through this search this past January, looking for decals for my son's room. (He wanted the solar system.) www.mygrowingchild.com has a variety of deca...
- This is gonna sound strange but true....the $$ store. Dollar Tree on Roosevelt (I think that's Lombard) has the butterfly ones for sure just I just bought them. The...
Decorating 2-Year-old's Bedroom!
Asked by J.F. from Little Rock
on December 7, 2006
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Okay, I have NO idea how to do this. I want to decorate my daughter's bedroom but I don't know what pictures to hang or anything. She's not a 'princess' type, preferri...
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- I Still have the same problem with my daughter and she is now about to be 5. Well, Here is what I do. I dont normally have a alot of money to spend so when she was abo...
- My son is older but we recently started hitting resale shops looking for things to hang on his wall. I started noticing he was going for boats, ships and things like ...
- Hello, I don't know if this is maybe to cheap for you but I bought calander's after the begining of the year when they are all 50% off of something my kids liked. The...
Wall Border Keep Fulling down in My Son's Bedroom...
Asked by M.B. from Reno
on November 2, 2009
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Need help to keep my son's wall border on the wall. Even though the package said it's self stick and it should stay on the wall, but it doesn't work and driving me cra...
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- Did you wet the back of the border? I just finished putting one up in our baby room and it does say it's self adhesive, but I had to wet the back and then put it on. ...
- You can buy a tube of "wallpaper adheasive"...I have had to use it on occassion...works great!
- We had one and I took it off to reposition it and it would no longer stick. I got a small bucket of removable wallpaper paste. It is the kind that you can just hold a ...
Decorating 2 Year Old Son's Bedroom
Asked by L.T. from St. Louis
on August 25, 2008
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Hello Moms!
Does anyone know of any good websites that could give me some good decorating ideas for my 2 year old son's room. We haven't done anything to it yet, b...
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- Hi L., I'm in the same situation w/ my two year olds room. I could not find any websites that just showed pics and ideas. I finally thought of a theme I wanted to d...
- Hello L., My son will be 2 in a month and I am having some of the same issues. I have decided to go with the themed room as well. I wanted to have something that he...
- I found this site. http://boysthemebedrooms.com/
