We didn’t have much cash left after buying the house (duh), and decided the most shrewd choice for what remained was paying for wallpaper removal. …Because who knew if it would be the easy-to-remove kind, or the painstaking-tears-off-in-shreds kind? Plus, we had a baby, a toddler and a precocious 6-year-old in play.

It was 1,000,000% the right move.

After closing, we popped in and saw those poor guys pulling off measly 1×3″ pieces — like when you try to rip an old shipping label off a cardboard box. Not God’s work, per se, but close.

For fun, here’s a look at the prints/patterns that went sayonara. The house came with leftover rolls for touch-ups .. let me know if you want any of them, dear reader!

Our wallpaper removal was rolled into a whole-house paint job. That is likely how you’ll find the most value for time spent on this kind of work. The day we moved in, the kitchen paint was still wet. I think the wallpaper hellscape backed up their timeline something terrible.

But. what. a. difference.

Bottom line: pay for wallpaper removal when you’re dealing with a house covered wall-to-wall in it.

So, yeah. Wallpaper’s down … time to PAINT! Eeeeeeeeek!!!

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