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Wallpaper Removal
Read all 26 responses: "Hi Ladies!! I have EXTREMELY stubborn wallpaper in my bathrooms. I've spent the past two days trying to remove one bathroom's ...
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- add fabric softener to your vinegar and hot water. Worked like a charm in our house! Good luck :)
- Try warm water and fabric softener. It worked for me. I had to get the paper really really wet and let it sit like a half hour and then get a pampered chef scraper and...
- Have you tried liquid fabric softener? Mix with water (about 50/50) in a spray bottle. Perforate a small section, spray on the mixture, let sit for a couple of minutes...
Wall Appliques/stickers WON'T STICK...HELP!
I just bought some wall appliques/stickers and peel-and-stick wall paper border but it will NOT ... We had the same problem with my son's wallpaper border. ...
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- I had the same problem with winnie the pooh appliques and I was told if your wall has any texture to it it will not stick. The guys at Home depot said to lightly sand ...
- We had the same problem with my son's wallpaper border. His actually stuck at first but started peeling off. We bought wallpaper glue and just applied it to wherever...
- Hi A., if you have oranged peeled walls they will not stick. Try a little poster gum.
Looking for a Painter
We are going to try to take the wallpaper down in the bathroom, ... Also - you mentioned taking down wallpaper. If you have an old home with plaster walls ...
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Stick on Border Question
Otherwise, the first poster is correct, wallpaper paste is the way to go! ... Wallpaper paste should keep it on. You can get it at any hardware store. ...
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- If your walls are textured you will need to sand the wall behind where you are going to put the border up or no matter what you do it will not stay or look right. Her...
- Wallpaper paste should keep it on. You can get it at any hardware store.
- If you want to be able to remove the border later, try tacking it up with poster putty. Otherwise, the first poster is correct, wallpaper paste is the way to go! You...
Mixing and Applying Texture to Paint....
Read all 7 responses: "Just steamed off some wallpaper and the walls really need some texture. I bought a box of the mix-it-yourself with paint and now I am ...
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- Dear C., I am a faux finisher and we do texture all the time. I would suggest that you kilz (prime) the walls before adding the texture. I generally use joint com...
- I saw this on one of those shows on HGTV and I'm considering doing it to one of the rooms in my home. It looks pretty easy - you just mix the paint with the texture an...
- Hi C., Yes -we did it in our master bathroom. You just have to make sure you get it all evened out before you roll it on, or you'll have areas that have huge textu...
Decorating 2-Year-old's Bedroom!
Meanwhile, I was able to find plaid curtains that matched the wallpaper at Wal- mart or ... If you are not one to paint or wallpaper, when my son was small, ...
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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...
Seeking Tips on Decorating Childs Room
I am considering wallpaper or rag painting. Which would be better and more durable.. which would likely last longer before we needed a new theme. ...
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- I think rag panting looks tacky...just my opinion :-D What about doing one wall in a mural...a flower garden with green grass and flowers the background wall can be...
- Unless you are an expert on rag painting, you can get a job that looks really cheap and messy. My suggestion would be to take the colors from her bedding, and paint l...
- L. ; well if ou really want to rag roll it, paint the room one color and rag roll one wall with the other two colors ? when my neice came to live with me we painted he...
Removing? "Sand Paint"
My husband paints and does wallpaper. He said to use a wide putty knife and scrape the sand off and then sand the entire wall. I hope this helps. Thanks. ...
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- Hi D.. My husband paints and does wallpaper. He said to use a wide putty knife and scrape the sand off and then sand the entire wall. I hope this helps. Thanks. C.
- My experience in paint, first of all, take a sanding block it is light brown. Square. Home depot and Lowes carries these in the painting department. Lightly sand th...
- The easiet would be to paint over it and use it in the new decor. Texture is always something to use in rooms anyways. It will become more subdued under more paint th...
Painting Around 13 Month Old?
Itis possible to get the wallpaper off and paint all in the same day? ... Things like how old is the house, what's under the wallpaper? Old paint? ...
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- We recently looked into low VOC paints for our own home. We were told that some paint companies have reduced the VOC levels in their base paints. We were also told t...
- I wouldn't worry about most modern paints. Just ask her to open a few windows for your son's sake. Or, tell her you won't be able to help her until you find a babysi...
- I would suggest you have the windows open and put your son in another room other than the one you are working in. It will also depend on the type of products you ...
Ideas for Painting Girl's Room
On the odd wall, I am going to do black toile wall paper. So the room colors will be pink/white/black. A Paris theme, if you will. ...
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- I'd pick out the bedding first and then work from that so it all coordinates. For my daughters room her bedding is the leaps a lot theme from Babies R Us that is ...
- Try the Sherwin Williams website. You can virtually pick a room from a series of templates that has furniture similar to what you want or have and then you click on p...
- You know, I'm a child photographer, and when I'm looking for color ideas (either for photo books or greeting cards, or whatever) I look at on-line catalogs of stores t...
