If you’ve never taken down wallpaper before and plan on doing so for a project, give yourself plenty of time! It took us about 3 days for this project. Your motivation and excitement might still be there, but the feeling in your little fingers and in your shoulders won’t! Just take everything in moderation, pace yourself, and you will be just fine.
Materials that we used:
Tiger Claw from Perspectives in Lexington KY.
DIF, scrapers (1” and 6”), sandpaper foam blocks from Home Depot
DIF in the blue bottle is AMAZING!!
The fabric softner I used was the second to last cheapest I could find, I didn’t want to spend a lot of money if it wasn’t going to work. Man was I wrong! That stuff was awesome! The best part.... when I went back and sandpapered the walls and wiped them down, the smell came back and made everything smell really fresh and clean.
Watch this guy for a tutorial:
I had to spackle a few holes and blemishes. Then smoothed them out with the sandpaper.
The color of paint we selected was Amazon Stone by Behr. (Actually, it was my Husband’s choice, I wanted to go lighter; but I am really happy with it and glad I listened to him!) We got the paint and primer in one for the first coat and then just the color for the second coat. I highly recommend this on walls that have never had a layer of paint on them.
We used your typical rollers, a medium-size hand brush and then a little brush for the edges and details. Standing on the kitchen counters trying to paint the little edge above the cabinets was a real pain in the neck (literally), but it was completely worth it!
For the kitchen light fixture, I used Rust-o-leum Metallic in Carbon Mist. Yes folks, that is the original light fixture. I am not one to voluntarily get electrocuted, so I was NOT going to mess with any wires. But spray paint, no worries, I got this!
The Backsplash behind the stove is Fasade 18 in. x 24 in. PVC Traditional 1 Backsplash in Brushed Nickel
I also bought new light switch covres and outlet covers and spray painted them with the Carbon Mist Spray Paint, to match of course!
Yellow Bowl on the table is from Marshalls Thanks Mom!!
The whole project was a lot of fun, grueling at times, but I love my new kitchen AND the fact that I did it!!
This is Awesome !
ReplyDeleteIt literally took a village for this to happen! Me, Mom, Dad, Husband AND a babysitter for Arden. We are super happy with it though! Thanks!!
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