Priscilla's Painting

04/20/2026

It's that time of year again!

04/18/2026

04/16/2026

And finally the bathroom. How long did this take?

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04/15/2026

How about the hallway? How long did this take?

04/14/2026

Can you guess how long it took to go from the wallpaper to the peach walls?

04/13/2026

The wall tells the truth after the paper comes off. Can you guess what's underneath?

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04/09/2026

What looks like “just peeling paper” was actually a full wall restoration.

04/08/2026

The removal is the easy part. Repairing what’s underneath is where the skill lies.

04/07/2026

When I first walked into this sweet client’s home, she told me she was simply tired of living with peeling wallpaper, drab walls, and rooms that no longer felt like her. She had always lived with other people,, and they were in charge of how things looked.

What surprised me most was that the wallpaper wasn’t just on the walls… it was on the ceilings too.

With older homes, you never truly know what’s hiding underneath until the paper starts coming off. Years of shifting, settling, old repairs, and sometimes even wallpaper acting like it’s holding the room together.

On this project, there had also been previous **water leaks in the bathroom and kitchen**, so I was upfront from day one:

I told her honestly, *I have no idea what we’ll uncover or exactly how long it will take.*

To keep it fair for both of us, we agreed on a time and materials structure, with tracked labor hours, material costs, and weekly billing.

That transparency built trust immediately.

Then came the hard part:
tiger scoring, steam, paper removal, glue cleanup, repairs, patching, sanding, and restoration.

Sticky. Messy. Time-consuming.
But this is what it takes to do wallpaper removal the right way without damaging old plaster and drywall.

Thankfully, the damage underneath was moderate, not severe, which allowed us to restore the surfaces beautifully.

She chose what I call an East Coast beach-inspired color palette, and when this first phase was complete, she absolutely loved it.

She hugged me when she saw it finished.

Moments like that remind me why I love restoring old homes.

The best part?
She’s now having me remove the wallpaper throughout the entire house.

This is why I often recommend breaking large projects into smaller phases.

It allows homeowners to:

* see the craftsmanship firsthand
* spread out the investment
* build trust in the process
* bring older homes back to life one room at a time

Beautiful restoration work takes time, patience, and serious effort, but when done right, it gives an old home its soul back.

04/07/2026

Final colors on restored walls. A clean wall after wallpaper removal takes patience, not brute force. 🖌️

04/07/2026

Wallpaper removed, skimmed, and primed.
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