Quote Originally Posted by cali
....when I asked my mom what kinda idot would paint over then wallpaper over a gorgous oak finnish my moms response was "a man" lol
That's funny. But I do know what you're going through.

We have been slowly renovating our house. We purchased a 100 year old 'handyman special' since the neighbourhood is beautiful and Rob needed a project to work on. And when we bought the house the former owners had painted the kitchen floors and stairs with outdoor green paint ( ) the walls were a mix of yellow ( ) and turquoise ( ). Lucky we can see past the cosmetic flaws since this house will be beautiful once we finish (if we ever finish.....).

Instead of a nice relaxing weekend coming up, we are stripping stairs! But guess what? Not only did they paint the stairs once but there is 6 layers of paint. Green, white, turquoise, pink, lime green and black is the final layer.

When we finish we will use a dark stain on the steps and paint the rest an antique white. We may place a runner up the stairs, not sure yet.

Here's the current picture....we're slowly seeing progress