The first thing to come off was all the baseboards. I was going to remove the door casings too but it really wouldn't do a whole lot. Only one came off, and that's the one that wasn't cut quite right by one of the closets. Next we took off the small cabinet in the water closet, and that gave us a great view of what the wallpaper looked like when the place was new. I think the older ivy pattern is better, but Danielle thinks the flowers are less scary. In the main part of the bathroom the layer with the ivy is already gone, so for the most part we only have one layer to remove.
After that we still had a little time left so I decided to have a go at the wallpaper. The wallpaper we have is the type that has a vinyl coating on the surface, so it's coming off in two parts. The good news is that it's been coming off MUCH easier than I've described. If you've ever considered removing wallpaper you've probably been told countless stories about how horrible it is, but it's really not that bad. The outer layer peels off, then a spray bottle with some Dawn dish soap mixed with water will loosen the paper layer below. It carefully peels off leaving the sheetrock below unharmed.
There will be plenty of pictures of that tomorrow - we made great progress today and Danielle is amazing at this part of the project so we're ahead of schedule. We will probably be busy removing wallpaper for at least another day or two before moving on to something else. My goal was to keep the bathroom useable for as long as possible, but that won't be the case for very much longer.
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