by Douglas R. Johnson
August 1, 2009
Some days the heat is just oppressive. Working out doors is a physical health threat.
So why not consider an indoor project? Air conditioning is pretty much a norm for our homes. We no longer need to escape a hot house to sip iced tea on the porch.
Take a look around you in your home. How would you like a change without moving to a new home?
Well wallpaper offers a totally remarkable method for change that is not a permanent as it was in our grandparents day. Wallpaper is now truly strippable with no mess nor bother.
I suggest professional installation unless you really enjoy the “do it yourself” concept. Your real creativity comes in picturing in your mind what your surroundings would look like with the walls covered with what you see on that small sample you see on the screen or hold in your hands.
I have been totally amazed with the speed and professionalism of skilled paper hangers as they tackle what would have been an all day project. They prepare the walls with primer and as that dries they prepare the paper for hanging. Then each strip goes up like magic, lined up perfectly and smoothed out with just the right strokes in just the right direction. It is a real “wow” to watch in awe.
Then they clean up quickly and take away the scrap. No fuss. No bother.
Now you sip your tea somewhere completely new but you have not left your home.
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