Need DECORATING help! Living Room!!!

A "bad Maggie day"! I like that!!! :D

WOW, you really have been into "demo"! :eek: You don't start with one room, you take out the whole house! LOL!

It might be a bit late with this advice, but there is a great wallpaper removal product that we used to take down some borders! It's called DIF and they sell it at Home Depot. It's a gel so it doesn't pour all down your walls! You just scuff up the wallpaper a little so the solution can seep into the backing and glue. You spray it on, wait about 15 minutes then it just peels right off! I hope you had something like this when you were doing your BIG walls? ;)

You better be careful, the kitties might sabotage your new furniture when you try to re-claim their kitty room! :D

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Originally Posted by kimlovescats

A "bad Maggie day"! I like that!!! :D

WOW, you really have been into "demo"! :eek: You don't start with one room, you take out the whole house! LOL!

It might be a bit late with this advice, but there is a great wallpaper removal product that we used to take down some borders! It's called DIF and they sell it at Home Depot. It's a gel so it doesn't pour all down your walls! You just scuff up the wallpaper a little so the solution can seep into the backing and glue. You spray it on, wait about 15 minutes then it just peels right off! I hope you had something like this when you were doing your BIG walls? ;)

You better be careful, the kitties might sabotage your new furniture when you try to re-claim their kitty room! :D

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I just use Warm water and Vinegar. It works great for me. Yesterday, it just peeled off in sheets. I was so happy. :D

Not worried about kitties and furniture, I Do my best to buy Cat friendly furniture! The kitties come first!! he he he he!!;)

My biggest problem in life is that I do way too many things at once!! One would think I would learn my lesson eventually, but so far no such luck!:D

Kim, tell me more about the painting above the fireplace, please ... I like it! (And it looks familiar, but I can't figure out why.)

I have wallpaper in 3 areas of my unit, none of which I put up. The bedroom is a floral print, and I can live with it. The kitchen is royal blue with a white pinstripe that is so securely attached to the wall I don't know what to do! It is dark enough that I'm afraid to paint right over it. The one I like best, sort of a creamy tone-on-tone in the entryway, is peeling off at the seams. I need to go to wherever they sell wallpaper over the weekend and find something similar. Whoever hung the paper in the entry did a bad job of preparing the walls, so I'll be doing the spackle thing. I wish I could just glue the seams back into place.

Elyse .... If that kitchen paper is stuck really well, then you could paint a coat of primer first, and then a color over it. Is it a textured paper or just smooth?

Kim

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Your living room is gorgeous!

Wanna trade? ;):p

It looks great! I love the green. We had a couple of rooms painted that color (or a very similar one) in our old house. I really liked it--very comfortable and relaxing.

Well, I'm so glad I checked this thread. What a surprise to see the red walls gone. I really like the finished product, but I would describe it as more traditional than Victorian. In any event the end result is beautiful. Now you have to go back and correct :p what you said in your earlier post about stinking at decorating.

Excellent! The armoire is so much better with the sage! Glad to see you kept the glass top coffee table... ;) ;)

Thank you, everyone!

Rachel, it is traditional with a bit of Victorian taste. I can't afford the true Victorian style! One day maybe I will be able to! I just have a few Victorian-ish accents. ;)

Sara, I'm glad you like it!

Kim

It looks very nice Kim. You and Jerry did a great job.

I'm glad we got to see the finished project.

The living room looks great. The sage green makes the room look way larger and allot brighter.

Kim, I am glad I caught this thread. What a change you made and it is beautiful! New paint color, new sofa, new tables - just gorgeous! You have a good eye for decorating. I think you have done an excellent job! I had to smile when I read that, even after hubby just re-did the red, you went with sage. Whatta guy to not complain (or did he? LOL!) I love re-doing rooms although I am sure I do it much less than you do. It feels like stepping into a totally different house when you are all finished! :)

Pam, he doesn't complain! He's THE BEST! :D

Thank you all!