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Bathroom Wallpaper
As I mentioned before, every room in the house was wallpapered when we bought it. Rachel and I decided we’d take off the wallpaper in some of the rooms ourselves, and leave some to the professionals. Mike from Safe & Simple Wallpaper Removal came out and gave us some quotes, some advice and a crash course on wallpaper removal. We decided we’d do the bedroom, office, sun room, hall, living room and dining room ourselves to try and save some money. We’d pay to have the bathroom, kitchen and laundry room—the harder rooms—done by the pros. It was money well spent. They finished the bathroom in no time.
Once the wallpaper was off we discovered a few things: what we thought might be tile on the bottom was actually just plaster that had been made to look like tile (a common practice at the time.) The plaster was in bad shape and had to be replaced. There was an old electric wall heater that had to be removed and there were signs of a gas heater from back in the day. We also discovered some wood rot around the tub which needed to be fixed. Did I mention the toilet and sink were both cracked and the sink faucet leaked and had to be replaced?
