The crew finished the wallpaper and glue removal and the priming on Monday, so then it was time for us to get to work.  So, last week was all about painting and priming and, since I’m trying to pace myself, that will continue into this week. The crew did a good job stripping the wallpaper and did an excellent job of priming the dining room. Still, I think they got a bit antsy to finish the job on the last day and the details of the job ended up being a bit disappointing given it was done by professional painters.  There were drips, bits of paper stuck in the primer or painted over, and specks of paint on the floor.  They were not supposed to paint the doors and trim in the hallway, but they threw that in as a bonus, and, unfortunately, it was poorly done.  They used a

As I have been working on stripping wallpaper with my one-tank-a-day method, Jeff has been questioning why I don’t get a quote on having the work done.  The steamer would be heating up, he would suggest it, and I would bristle.  It’s not that I didn’t want to have the work done while I was doing things that were more interesting, exciting, fun, and NOT scrubbing off wallpaper glue, but, tedious as it was, it was something I could do myself.  We were already having to hire out so many things that were beyond our capabilities or DIY comfort level, so I felt like if I could do it, I needed to. I was also concerned about the quality of the work.  This wallpaper was very easy to remove.  It simply peeled off in all but two rooms and below the chair rail in the kitchen.  Removing the wallpaper wasn’t