"Vacation" 2009: Updating my bathroom

So our upstairs bathroom has been some serious need of updating. I discovered I had so much vacation time left that I've decided to spend this week getting started on that project. First, the dated, ugly, faded, and torn wallpaper comes down. More pics on FB of my progress today but here's a taste for you non-Facebookers. ;)


If you're wondering why we didn't just paint over the wallpaper and save some headache (because it seems someone may not have followed all the drywall steps before hanging up the paper), see the above picture. With such a small print, if the paper was snug in tight in the corners from ceiling to floor then the paper would be crooked. It would expose the fact that the walls aren't square anymore (if they ever were). So you keep straight paper by curving over the corners wherever necessary. And it's just too tempting for little fingers to poke holes into these spots.


Surprise!! This was waiting for me when I took the mirror down. Lovely, isn't it? The wall under the paper doesn't look nearly as nauseating as the paper here.


The carnage. This is what happens to ugly wallpaper in my house. It should be grateful I didn't immediately set it on fire.

Next step in this oh-so-fun process is to get the glue off the walls. Yaaaay. I'm focused on the pretty bathroom picture in my head. That picture will get me through this nastiness.