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Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Heh, I used to have a shed that looked like that on the side of some property I used to rent! It ended up being the dog house!

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 6:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
Here is another idea Biloxibelle. This is a place that I clean, and I saw this in the backyard and thought of you. Sorry it is a little bit blurry, but I took the picture with my phone.



Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Thanks Shootz, I would love to have something taht looked like that. I should have researched or posted here before I let them build what I have.

Pitched roof is out. Remember I said Gene grumbled. That grumble will be a growl if I try to pitch that roof.

I think I will branch off both sides. Make them enclosed on 3 sides with lattace, plus the roof. Have them open in the front. I will plant either wisteria or morning glories to grow up the lattace. I would love to find an old fashioned water hand pump to put out by it. I haven't seen one in years. I guess the last place I have ever seen them has been in a state park, and those were working. I just want decoration. Any ideas where I can come across one?

Vee
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02-23-2004

Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 7:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vee a private message Print Post    
Our local hardware store has hand pumps. Red ones, yellow ones...sounds like a fun addition. I like your idea of building out on both sides...that will definitely help to camouflage the situation.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 7:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Wow thanks Vee, we have a local hardware store I have never been in. I always end up at Lowes or Home Depot. I think I will pop in there today.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, February 23, 2007 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Looking for handyman type advice. I want to put beadboard/wainscoating in our kitchen. Kind of like this "mock-up."



I went to Menards and the stuff they had was this particleboard type stuff. Is that okay to use in a kitchen? Or is it just a bad idea altogether?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
see my answer in your other post. the mock up looks really good!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
While I am here, with the above photo up, you can see some blue tiles in the backsplash area. I could leave them, but is there any such thing as a stick on cover up for tiles??? Like maybe some kind of a film you could cover certain tiles with??

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, February 24, 2007 - 11:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
i thought you were trying to find a design that worked WITH the blue, not get rid of it?
just have a fabric (which, i think you have been shown tons of ideas from people) that incorporates the blues, reds, and yellows that you want.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Any advice on taking down wallpaper? Other than hiring someone?

I was all set to take down the wallpaper last night, and much to my shock, dismay and horror, I found I could only get pieces off that are the size of specks. If I can manage to pull off more than an eighth of an inch off, it is just the top layer of the wallpaper.

Are steamers any good? That tiger thing with a liquid? Help!!!

Tera
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08-10-2000

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tera a private message Print Post    
I understand your frustration Julie. What worked for me was perforating the wallpaper first. You can buy an inexpensive perforator at most hardware stores. That puts tiny holes in the paper, then I used LOTS of water in a spray bottle. Pulling the trigger on the spray bottle got to be a pain in the hand so I switched to an air pressure sprayer (like the type you pump up and has a spray hose thingy). At first I was afraid of getting it too wet, but I was told that drywall will dry out without any damage. And it did.

Give the paper a good spray, wait 15-30 minutes for the glue to loosen up and then pull it off.

Don't waste your money on any type of spray that claims to remove wallpaper. Plain water will do it.

I didn't have my steamer when I did my wallpaper removal, I wish I could have tried that.

GOOD LUCK!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
yep, scoring and spraying water and elbow grease!
or if you are like me, prime and paint over it! LOL

Chiliwilli
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09-04-2006

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chiliwilli a private message Print Post    
Is it vinyl coated paper or not?

If it's just paper wallpaper then a steamer or sprayer will help. Once that stuff is wet it comes right off.

If it's vinyl then you need to peel off the top layer first then wet it.

The perforator thing didn't work that well with vinyl but should with paper.

Be careful if you use a perforator and are not going to repaper. If you press too hard it will leave little holes in you wall.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 6:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
add some dish soap to the water spray and that will also help you get the wall paper off.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Sunday, February 25, 2007 - 11:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Thanks all. I will get that tiger thing and some soapy water. Will report back tomorrow~wish me luck!!!

Slothkitten
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09-16-2003

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
Hey everybody, I have really had fun reading all your ideas and plans, and seeing what you do.

I live in a old rent house and have been painting, stripping, pulling down blinds, hanging curtains ( bought my first new sofa ever ) . . love the thrift stores and have plenty of stuff I need to dig out and dress the rooms up.

Here is the living room, painted the ugg-ly subfloor chocolate brown, wood work white and the walls green ( too light, but no way am gonna change it now,lol )
The curtains are sheets . . the big shelf was 5.oo . . . I need to do finishing touches, any color suggestions ?
I'm very excited to do this decorating after all these years of watching the shows.

Here's the pics at Tabblo, under slothkitten, try to do a link . . . .

sorry my linking is bad.

Slothkitten
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09-16-2003

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
Your recent tabblos

sigh, can't do linky

Retired
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07-11-2001

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
SK, I think I found your pics and make a link for you. Sure hope these are your pics.:-)

Slothkitten's Pics

Slothkitten
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09-16-2003

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 12:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slothkitten a private message Print Post    
Retired . . . you are like the good fairy to me !
Thank you, you are a doll, a pearl . . a . . ok I'll shut up. ((((retired))))

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 10:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Any suggestions on painting over wallpaper? I NEVER thought I would actually do it, but the wallpaper is on so "tight" that it will never unpeel itself. It will take days upon days to pull off, plus I might end up gauging the walls while I take it off. So I am going to give it a go and do something I swore I would never do.

Any tips?

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
http://www.naturalhandyman.com/qa/qapaintwallpaper.shtm

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Julie, every site I looked on said basically the same thing as the link above. One suggested that you might consider giving your walls a texture and it will mask the ugly paper overlaps. Depending on how large of an area you are doing, it seems like a pretty good idea.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 11:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Use primer first then paint.

Skootz
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07-23-2003

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 11:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Skootz a private message Print Post    
If you do paint over the wall paper, sand the edges down (paper overlaps - fill holes and sand) etc. so it is totally even. Any indent or mark will show up with paint. So you want to make sure you can get it as even as possible.

Use a good quality primer sealer over top...do a light sanding and then your first paint application. As your paint dealer they may suggest 2 coats of the primer

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 11:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I have done it 4 times (3 times in the kitchen, once in the bathroom) for the exact same reasons.
here's what i did.
primed and let it dry completely.
when it was dry, i super glued any seams that had popped up and used a pin to pop any air bubbles.
primed again and let it dry completely
then i painted with my color.
the first time i did it, i just did a one color application and you could see the lines. the next two times i did some kind of faux treatment.
i wanted more of a solid look when i did the maroon this last time, so i got two shades of maroon that were just slightly different from each other and then ragged that on. it looks basically like a solid color but has some depth to it and helps cover the seams better.