Learn something new, week 2!!

We removed wallpaper for the very first time!  Thanks to some great advice, I wasn't fooled by the easy to remove pieces that my daughter ripped down earlier.  We bought just three items to make it much easier:  Dif, a spray gel that helps the wallpaper come lose; a scorer, that makes little holes in the wallpaper so the Dif can get underneath; and a scraper:

Before:

Scored wallpaper:

Stubborn places.  Hint: If you like your wallpaper, and the seams come lose, please do not repair them with superglue!!  (I don't know if that is what they used before, but it is STUCK on there!!)

After:

What I have learned:

Do not let the Dif dry!  And it doesn't take long, so do only small sections at a time. 

Scorers are awesome, and so is Dif!

Before removing wallpaper, be sure you are prepared to remove molding around doors and windows, eek!

Do not use superglue to repair loose wallpaper.

Even though 75% of the wallpaper does not even seem attached to the wall and therefore comes down easily, the other 25% will take much longer to remove!

Next:  Spackle the nail holes in the drywall.  Remove molding to get the wallpaper underneath.  Replace molding.  Pick out paint.  Paint.