Removing Wallpaper

My mother's first response to the pictures of our new house (two years

ago) was "Loose the wallpaper." We just started removing it last week...

only to find multiple layers of wallpaper... and unprimed plaster

underneath.

 

Message to anyone putting up wallpaper. Putting up a skim coat of

plaster to smooth the walls before putting up wallpaper is cool, but

paint on a coat of primer first. When you go to remove the wallpaper

years later, the water and wallpaper paste remover will turn the plaster

to mush. It is impossible to easily remove the wallpaper without having

to go back retexturize the walls. This is the third time I've had to

deal with it... and it's getting frustrating.

Done