So, Maybe This Won’t Be So Easy…

I don’t know what you see when you look at this picture, but I see an hour and a half’s worth of work and some very shriveled fingers.

 

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Yes, I “started” the wallpaper removal in our powder room last night (using the hot water method), and this is where I stopped.  Seriously, I thought everyone was exaggerating when they said how bad taking down wallpaper was.  We’re having company in a couple of days, and I kind of thought I might just pop into our powder room for a few hours and peel all of it off in big, pretty sheets.  Yeah, not happening.

 

It also occurred to me while I was up on the ladder scrubbing and picking that I really had no idea what I was going to do in our powder room once all of the paper was actually off the wall.  I think I’m leaning toward dark and moody.  (If you can’t be moody in a powder room, then where can you be?)  Well, no worries.  I have plenty of time to figure it out.

 

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Have you painted a really dark color in a small, dark room with no natural light?

 

If I get really ambitious today, I’m taking a three-year-old and two babies to buy a steamer.  That should be even more fun than the wallpaper removal itself.

 

91 comments:

  1. My bathroom is tiny, has no windows, and I painted it dark gray. With white curtains, white mirror, and lucite shelves, I LOVE THE ROOM. Go for it :)

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  2. I'm still working on my powder room, too, but let me tell you, I don't think buying a steamer would be worth it for you! I borrowed one from a friend, and it didn't improve very much upon my situation. I also tried the DIF gel with the tiger tool and it wasn't any better. I haven't started yet, but several of my friends swear by using fabric softener! I'm picking some up next week and starting again. Good luck!!

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  3. I just painted my bathroom black (SW Sealskin)! There actually is good light in most of it, but the toilet area is separate with no windows and it looks just fine. I really think that the whole 'dark is bad in small spaces' thing is not universally true, and instead mostly relies on choosing the right color.

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  4. I know your pain!! I just removed a rooms worth of wallpaper while 8+ months preggos, and it is not fun! A method I used (after the steamer) was a spraying a solution of dishwashing soap & water on the wallpaper, letting it soak, and scraping it off. It did the trick for me. :)
    I wish you all the best, and I'm sure by the end it'll be a gorgeous powder room!! :)
    -Jane @ urbanejane.com

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  5. I LOVE dark paint. My (still unfinished) dining room is Baby Seal Black which is a navy/ black and the bedroom is bittersweet chocolate. Neither room has a lot of light. It's so cozy.

    P.s. Love your blog.

    Stephanie @ thestyledsoul.wordpress.com

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  6. I can totally relate. We removed old grasscloth from our entire living room last year. We used M-1 wallpaper remover and razor blades! It worked, but it took a LOT of work and a LOT of wine. HaHa!!

    http://thehoustonhouse.blogspot.com/2012/01/goodbye-grasscloth.html

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  7. GOOD. LUCK. There could be a post all about your trip to get that steamer I bet!

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  8. Maybe you could just leave it like that. Call it the Old World antiqued look! Good luck. I'm sure it will all be worth it once it's over.

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  9. I feel your pain...ugh! I just did it last summer!

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  10. My mom swears by using fabric softener to remove wallpaper. I have never tried it. She also rents a steam machine.

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  11. I was just about to mention the same thing that Melissa W. mentioned, the fabric softner. I imagine you used a paper tiger and really soaked the paper first. It sounds like maybe the previous owner didn't size the walls first. Good luck, that's not a fun job but I have no doubt that you'll figure out something amazing to do in the room.

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  12. My powder room is a deep red and other than tiring of the red, I love the dark color. A steamer or DIF stripper never worked for me. Before you buy a steamer you might try some (just a good squirt) original Dawn soap mixed with your hot water in a spray bottle. Letting is soak long enough is the key and sometimes the colored layer may come off and you have to re-wet the paper backing, wait about 20 minutes, and it should peel off easily. It's just a messy, tedious, no-fun job!

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  13. I just painted my bedroom Graphite by Benjamin Moore and I freakin love it. I live in a ground floor condo and my bedroom has only 1 window. I think you should totally go for it. I love the floor to ceiling gallery wall in the image too!

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  14. Wall paper removal is NEVER fun, but I'm sure you'll figure it out and make that powder room ding. Good luck with the kiddos in tow :)

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  15. *sing* not ding. More coffee please...

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  16. Emily! I'm really not trying to promote my itty bitty blog at all, but PLEASE take a look at this post: http://whatemilydoes.com/hands-down-best-way-to-remove-wallpaper/

    My house was covered in wallpaper over every inch when we moved in and I've removed 95% of it. Invest ($15) in a cheap sprayer, buy brand name fabric softener, warm water, and spray spray spray...and let it SOAK. Trust me.

    Good luck!!!

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  17. Our main bath in our former home was a deep chocolate brown. White pedestal sink, subway tile and white shower curtain. It was a tiny room and the chocolate was the best thing I ever did. Seriously. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. And I'd rent the steamer. Even if you have to do it a few times. Anything you want to get off will come off so much easier with a professional steamer. Trust me!! :)

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  18. I'm with Emily, try the fabric softener method first. It worked great when we took down the wallpaper at my SIL's house! Tried the steamer at my mom's house and it was worthless. Save the money and make your own. Plus, it will leave your house smelling Downy fresh! :)

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  19. Have to agree about the steamer. We bought one and it didn't help at all. We managed to damage the walls badly enough that we paid a painter to come in and fix it professionally.

    Bottom line? Fixing it cost more than the whole job would have cost if we had called him first. NEVER AGAIN!!!

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  20. I've heard fabric softener sprayed on the walls will remove it. You may have to score the paper with a paper scorer.

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  21. I am a loyal reader, but don't believe I've ever commented before. Go and buy a small steamer at Home Depot or Lowes. It will be the best money you ever spent! We removed wallpaper in our kitchen, two bathrooms and master bath in our current house. We did the kitchen without the steamer and I now realize we were crazy to attempt it that way. The more you score the wallpaper prior to steaming it, the better and easier it will be to remove!

    We painted our powder room Nantucket Gray by BM and we have a white pedestal sink and the white Atoll mirror from Ballard. I love it!

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  22. Try a spray bottle mixed with warm water and vinegar! Let it soak and scrape away!

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  23. I had one of those wallpaper steamer companies contact me recently wanting me to try their product and blog about it- I have NO DESIRE to try to remove wallpaper so I declined- I should have sent them your name! LOL If you want their info I can send it to you- Im sure they are looking for bloggers to blog about it.

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  24. Yes - try what libby said - use vinegar with the warm water. It's a pain no matter what though - that's why my powder room hasn't been touched in almost 3 years now. I really need to get on that!

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  25. I just did my powder room, super tiny. I used liquid fabric softener with equal parts warm water in a spray bottle. The paper just melted off.

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  26. It is a total headache, I know. I have used fabric softener and let it soak up. I also use a putty knife to scrape it off. Good luck!

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  27. OMG Ive been there and vowed to never use wallpaper again. I liked DIFF the wallpaper remover, but have also had to use steam as well. It is THE most thankless and tedious job. Now 10 years later Im ready for wallpaper again!. Bethany and I have both used dark colors in bedrooms and LOVE it..It is cocooning, sexy, very warm feeling. Of course you want all that in a bathroom :) Best of luck with your outing and the wallpaper!
    xo Nancy
    Powellbrowerhome.com

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  28. Ugh! I wish you luck. I tore up my bathroom walls trying to remove wallpaper. Now I'm going to have to re-cover it with wallpaper to hide the flawed walls. I'll hire a pro the next time.

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  29. I painted our small interior half bath a deep eggplant. It looks almost black but when the lights are on is when the magic happens! Couldn't be happier. The only downside is same as with a dark floor. It shows the dust so every few weeks I dust the walls.

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  30. As far as steamers go, I love love love my H2O mop. I clean everything with it! Plus, it detaches to a handheld version, so you could use it for more than just your bathroom!

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  31. Yikes! What a job. I hope the rest goes better for you - who knows, maybe you'll just grab a corner one time and a huge chunk will rip off.
    I love that black powder room, I've had it pinned for a long time.

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  32. GIRL HERE WHO TOOK DOWN WALLPAPER IN KITCHEN & 3 BATHROOMS IN 4 HOURS!!! I used a heavy duty steamer (cheap steamers don't do the job). For the bathrooms, I turned that bad boy on, closed the door and let it steam for about 20 minutes. Afterward, I steamed each wall really well, and the wallpaper just fell off. It came off so easily that I actually enjoyed doing it. Then, in the powder room, I painted a dark dark color on the walls. Lemme tell you, I LOVED it. It was so bold. Good lighting is key. (This was all in my old house, so no pics)

    Good luck!

    www.XoLindsay.blogspot.com

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  33. I LOVE dark & moody for small rooms!! I am really obsessed with having a dark wall so I hope you get your wallpaper off and can paint it. :) Good luck shopping--I wonder if you can call the store and have them hold the steamer at customer service, so you can just pop in, pay, and leave? I've done that when shopping with my kids before.

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  34. I have taken wallpaper off before, and my tried and true method is scoring the walls, spraying that wallpaper removel stuff (I think it starts with a 'D' and then removing it with a plastic scraper. The metal ones can dig into your walls. Primer then paint should hide any imperfections. Good luck! I love the moody wall idea! :)

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  35. Sorry! I wish I could tell you there was an easy way to remove wallpaper, but it's always a ton of work: hot water, vinegar, steam, scoring, whatever! I once removed wallpaper from an entire townhouse and I swear my hand still cramps up at the thought. I know wallpaper is back "in", but I think anyone considering it should be required to remove some from at least one room first! Good luck. It will be worth it in the end, and I think dark and moody would look awesome!

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  36. Between Naps on the Porch had a blog post on removing wall paper and she had gotten a product that worked when nothing else would. If you haven't checked her thoughts out yet, it might be helpful to do that (and save time and $ and energy!).

    On another note- that powder room is pretty, but truly, I think it's a little weird to have diagrams of the brain right next to the toilet! :)

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  37. Removing wall paper is one of the worst jobs ever. Good luck!! I hope the fabric softener that everyone is recommending helps.

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  38. Yes! I have painted my powder room in a moody color! Moody blue as a matter of fact - Gentleman's Gray by Benjamin Moore, and I *love* it.

    http://evolutionofstyleblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/moody-blue-powder-room-reveal.html

    Don't give up hope! I removed wallpaper in many spaces (powder room included), and have had differing experiences each time. I found that vinegar and water do seem to help (even though it gets a bit stinky).

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  39. Hi there, new reader here! I was just reading through the comments and wish I'd seen these two months ago when I had to de-wallpaper our kitchen. We used a cheapo spray bottle with water and a plastic putty knife/scraper. I think the biggest help was to wait for several minutes after spraying and let the water really soak in...then the paper scraped off fairly easily. Good luck! =)

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  40. Try vinager added to the gphot water...soak it. Let it sit it should then scrape right off with a putty knife, the acid reactivates the glue. It will probably come off in two layers. I have renovated many old houses....and besides learning to HATE wallpaper...this has been the most effective means I have found. Good luck!

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  41. Have you seen my powder room? I too removed wallpaper - but was so lazy just removed the top and then had bead board installed on the bottom and painted the top Farrow & Ball 'down pipe'. The image you posted was my inspiration! I even have a kilim rug on the floor!

    Good luck - wallpaper is tough to remove!!!
    xo~Jill

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  42. yes, our powder room is a deep eggplant (can't recall the color right now but it was a sherwin color) but i also agree with the moody blue commenter too. i have that color in our piano/dining room. after a few days the dark color started looking *flat* to me. so i taped off some stripes and painted a glossy clear poly every other stripe. it helped break up the color and give it a little pizzazz.

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  43. I used a wallpaper removal spray and it worked really well in our last house. I love a dark and moody powder room. Can't wait to see it!

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  44. Forget the steamer -- I bought one for taking down border -- I was not impressed. Then a friend told me about hot water and Downey in a spray bottle. I used a 3:1 mixture. It was much more effective than the steamer. And your room smells really nice while you are using the Downey. There is the added time to wipe down the wall to remove any water/Downey residue, but you have to do that anyway before you paint any wall. Good Luck!!!

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  45. First let me go on record as saying I love wallpaper! I have removed it several times using a steamer with great results. I always start at a seam and I try not to hurry. Once you get it started and determine the correct amount of steam needed, is goes quickly and smoothly. It does take a little time to get it started coming off. The damage to the walls that so many refer to, comes from trying to pull off the paper before it has worked loose by the steam or whatever. Also, I always steam the top of the paper, never directly on the bare wall. Good luck!

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  46. I had an older home covered in wall paper .. Not that you need any more advice but I scored the wall then I sprayed it with a havy coat of Diff then let it sit then got a hot super wet rag and spread it around after that the wall paper just came right off I just used a scrapper to slid up the wall and it came off super easy and fast . Good luck!

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  47. Just before Christmas I painted our powder room in BM Dark Pewter and love it! It is very dark and mood and before was almost white. I keep meaning to post about it--maybe today I will get around to it. I also added a little dark kilim rug I had (I love that inspiration pic you posted--love the pigeon art!). The art I have in there really pops now.

    For the wall paper, did you use one of those round tools with the bumps on it (that's the technical term!) that you rub all over the paper to make the steam permeate it? I can't remember the name of it but the one time I did wall paper removal it made a huge difference...

    Can't wait to see what you do.

    -Lane
    www.urbanorchardinteriors.com

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  48. This will work, buy a cheap scorer and use a spray bottle of water mixed with Downy (free of dyes & perfumes), let it soak in for @ least 30 minutes after you spray the scored walls. Also, you can't score too much!

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  49. If you score the wallpaper & then spray water or a dissolving solution on it, it works better. There is an actual scoring tool for removing wallpaper. Then give the water time to soak before trying to remove/scrape. Good luck!

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  50. the result is stunning. I love the art work with the dark color. You powder room is a decent size. I love it. is that the Urbane Bronze? I am so inlove with that color.

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  51. The fabric softener method worked like a charm for me, too. I was told to get the cheap, pink kind, so that's what I used. It makes the whole house stink though!

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  52. I don't think you need to go very dark to get the effect you want. In a small space with no natural light, it will look darker than it is.

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  53. OMG - I am pretty sure that is the same lovely 1969 wallpaper we had in our dining room! Is it velvety?? I did the SAME thing and wasted an hour of my life taking down a whole 5 inches of that wall paper. We ended up hiring someone to float over it, texture it, and paint it. It cost us about $600 but it was a really big dining room, so your bath should be a lot cheaper and IMO - well worth it!

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  54. Not sure if this has been said (I haven't read all the comments), but I used a Paper Tiger scoring tool and some solution (forget the name) and it worked well. Maybe try the scoring tool along with the steamer?

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  55. i painted our our kids bathroom a navy blue called calvary from lowes and the window in the room is tiny tiny but i love it it looks very masculine and cool!! good luck with the paper our last house was covered from floor to ceiling in wall paper and i invested in a steamer! we did the scoring thing for a couple of the rooms and i really wish i had just spent the money on the steamer and a plastic putty knife. if you have more than one room to do it's totally worth it!!!!!! (you'd be done in an hour and a half)

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  56. The steamer is the way to go. Sorry it's taking so long. Good luck shopping with three little ones!

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  57. I just pinned that bathroom. I love it. Sadly I have no help or advice to offer you but I hope you get that dreaded paper off the wall soon.

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  58. Yes, the steamer will help! Quick tip: try and peel off the top "layer" (the paper part). It will usually come off in big pieces. Then use the steamer to remove the glue that is left behind. Its much more difficult to remove the paper & glue with the steamer, but if its just the glue, it goes much faster. Good luck!

    A three year old and two babies at the hardware store? you are my hero :)

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  59. STEAMER, STEAMER, STEAMER!!!! Sorry to be obnoxious, but I had the same exact 1995 paper in my powder room! I tried all the other methods and gouged the crap out of a section of wall (spending the same amount of time you did)...and then a friend loaned me his steamer. I found a corner and ripped off the slick colored part as much as I could and then worked in sections to steam off the beige paper below. It came off in strips and after the wall dried, it didn't need to be washed down or anything. Please try it for your sanity's sake!

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  60. Good luck! I hate removing wallpaper. We have found a spray bottle with hot water and a crapper very effective. I still like my bathroom light and airy. I'm sure whatever you do it will look wonderful!!!

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  61. Yes! I smell a future blogpost...three kiddos to buy a steamer vs. wallpaper removal. And...GO! We had to take down wallpaper in our kitchen and it was the worst. I feel your pain.

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  62. Good luck! I think the steamer sounds like the best way to go. I tried a scoring tool and fabric softener - what a waste of time and then scoring and hot water - a little better - and then scoring and a wallpaper removal liquid and it worked a little better. I have decided I will never have wallpaper again. If I can't paint it or stencil it the walls will just have a nice color and that will be the end of it.

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  63. Hi Emily! I'm removing wallpaper in my laundry room this week so I feel your pain! In fact I wrote a DIY wallpaper remover post yesterday at meaningfulspaces.com
    My advise invest in a steamer, they are $50-$100 dollars but makes removal a lot easier. Good luck!!!

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  64. At the risk of being heretical, I would like to offer the following: It makes absolutely NO DIFFERENCE what specific method you use to remove wallpaper. No matter what you do, the trick is to let whatever moisture you use PENETRATE the paper and the glue. You must saturate and let it soak in AND RE-WET AND SOAK AGAIN as needed! The best thing to invest in is a couple of good quality scrapers of various widths and a tool to score the paper to aid in the saturation. (Be sure to use a crosshatch pattern!) It is all about how wet it gets, the use of the right angle for the scraping, and patience! Really.

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  65. A dear friend of mine painted dark walls and wallpapered lepord print on the ceiling... AH, mazing! no lie.

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  66. Use a steamer and SHUT THE DOOR while you're working. It will feel like a sonna, but trust me, it works. It keeps everything good and wet.

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  67. I was at RH today looking at paint samples and thinking the same thing about sark and moody. I am dying to paint our son's old nursery, my now very small office, something dark and moody. The room does have one window but I am a little nervous. . .It can either work really well or it can make it feel like the walls are closing in . . .good luck! Cant wait to see what you do!

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  68. Just one more person chiming in here! But ad you can see everyone has lots of options and opinions to share. from my experience what really makes a difference is how the wallpaper was Hung to begin with! Our dining room worked great with a little scour and spray - huge sheets pulled right off. It has been wallpapered just a couple of years before and walls were well primed before papered. Our foyer on the other hand was a nightmare. The paper was decades old and nothing worked. After ripping out chunks of the wall we called a prossional. So, how your paper was Hung will affect how it comes off. you may just need a little trial and error of the different methods.... Good luck!

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  69. Oh no that's not good. I've used a spray bottle with hot water with some dish soap in. You soak the entire sheet of paper and let it set for about 5 minutes. Then working from the seams with a plastic scraper (being very careful not to gouge the walls) you should be able to get the top layer off. Then once all the top layer is off. You do the same thing with the backing layer, this comes off easier in my experience. Once all the paper is off you wash with TSP to get rid of all the glue residue. Then you're good to paint.
    Personally I love a dark moody powder room I went with dark gray floral wallpaper on two walls and a softer gray on the other two walls in mind and I love it, and I get lots of compliments on it.

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  70. This is what we did when we took down multiple layers of paper in my parent’s dining room. Take a utility knife and score the wallpaper lightly, making criss-cross cuts in the paper. There is a specific tool for this called a perforator I believe, but we just used a really light hand to rough up the surface. Then, wipe the walls down with a sponge (or rags) and boiling hot water and let sit for five minutes to let the adhesive start to soften. The key is to just loosen the glue before you hit it with the fabric softener.

    While the wall is soaking, mix one part fabric softener to two part hot water in a spray bottle and shake. Spray a 3 x 3 area to saturation and let sit for about 5-10 minutes. If it starts to appear dry, rewet. Once the mixture has had a chance to soak in start scraping. It may take a couple of application but we found this worked like a champ. We also used a hair dryer to help with the loosening process once we got it started.

    Much cheaper than renting/buying a steamer and it worked much better than when we did.

    Just make sure to wipe down the walls with a 1:1 solution of detergent to water to make sure you don’t leave any fabric softener behind or your new treatment won’t adhere as well to the wall

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  71. The first owners of our house wallpapered directly on the sheetrock so it was not coming off without doing some damage. I decided to leave it on and venetian plastered right over it in a deep color. I love the results.

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  72. Ugh -- don't envy you with the wallpaper! I've done it once, and ended up pulling out chunks of drywall! and yes -- love a dark, moody tiny room! My pool bathroom is so small you can stand in middle and touch all walls....and I painted it SW Naval with 25% darkened! LOVE IT! I also gave it pink doors, but that's me. :)

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  73. I know everyone has a different experience, but I used a steamer ($50 at Home Depot) and I think it was worth the money. It was a messy, messy job. But it was effective. Though everyone's wall paper is different...And every person is different! I hope you have more success!!!!

    Jen
    athomeinthenorthwestblog.com

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  74. We hire these jobs out. Not as expensive as you would think.

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  75. I recently took down the wallpaper in my bathroom and I mixed fabric softener with hot water and put it in a spray bottle. I sprayed the mixture on the wallpaper, let it sit for a few minutes, and it peeled right off.

    I also painted that same room (which is small with no natural light) a dark grey color. The color is called "Liquid Mercury" by Behr. I was afraid it might look too dark, but it turned out fabulous! I hung some pictures with thick white matting to break up the space and I'm really happy with how it looks. Good luck!

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  76. I took down wallpaper in almost every room of our 2200 sq ft house. What worked for me was peeling off the first layer of paper (or pattern) and then using hot water mixed with fabric softener on the second layer of the wall paper. I let it sit for 15 minutes and then used a plastic scraper and it came off super easily.

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  77. Eek! I am feeling your pain, Lady. I hope you've gotten some great advice about how to remove the stuff.
    Camille

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  78. We just painted our powder room black and we absolutely love it! There is a small window in there but the shades are shut most of the time.

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  79. We painted our powder room a dark chocolate color (Portabello by Sherwin Williams) and it's my favorite color in our house. Our powder room is small, but with bright white trim and white sink and toilet, it looks great!

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  80. Been there done that years ago in our tiny powder room. Took me days to get it all down and with a lot of wall damage. Good luck with this job.

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  81. Yikes! Good Luck with the paper removal. I hope it goes smooth and fast :)

    xo
    Edyta
    www.edytaandco.com/blog/

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  82. Oh Emily, I know your pain! Our house was built in 1930 and all the walls and ceilings are tongue and groove which at some point were covered in linen which was tacked up and then covered in wallpaper which was then covered in a ceiling tile. I have gone through the process of removing everything down to the bare wood and then painting the wood. What a mess! I bought the gel stuff to remove the wallpaper which had been stuck to the ceiling, but when I ran out I found that plain ole hot water in a spray bottle worked just as well (and was a whole lot cheaper)! I will have to send you pictures of the before and after projects of our old house. Good luck with yours!

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  83. I painted our small bathroom with no windows Behr (or maybe Valspar??) "Muted Black." I thought it made it look so much better!!

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  84. I have nothing new to offer on the wallpaper dilemma, however, I will chime in on the joys of dark paint in a bathroom with little boys. I had a beautiful dark powder room in my last house, until a neighbor kid used the bathroom and sprinkled ALL over my walls. No matter what I did, I could not get rid of the spray pattern. In the end, we installed breadboard over the top, with a glossy, easy to clean finish. Every time I see these beautiful navy bathrooms with a gallery wall right at toilet level I have to cringe. I imagine windexing those pictures every time my 3 year old used the bathroom. Shudder.

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  85. Hi Emily--I love your blog and it's one of the first that I check when I have time. Anyway, you might be wallpaper free by now, but I this morning I saw something on Pintrest that made me think of you. It lead me to a blog called Lovely Crafty Home. On the site there was a steam cleaner she tested that can "easily remove wallpaper". She was using it to clean grout, but I thought for $99 it might be worth you checking it out. And if you were wondering I am just a random person who admires your blog...no affiliation with blog or product...just know I love things that make life easy. Have a good day!

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