The Strip Show

Saturday was the day! For the wallpaper strip show.... We determined the paper had been up 20+ years. It was evident as we started to take things off the wall and could see the fading. Gary made himself scarce and the Hayden women/girls took over. I rented a steamer from the paint store. We quickly found it was well worth it.

The before......
Kelly took her post at this wall/section and was serious about her work.
Laura and Grandma joined forces to tackle this wall. Laura quickly found herself being the gopher girl. Which was a huge help.
Look at the piece she took off! How about that space she has in her teeth now?! Precious.
Under the wallpaper was a cartoon. This was put on the wall by a fireman who visited at one point. The reference of "Here Cinder!" is to Gary's dog he had when he was a child. I couldn't get this pic to rotate, sorry.
Here I am, working that steamer. Highly reccomend it if you have any stripping to do. Lucky for me it was a small area we were working with and I had lots of help.
Kelly and Aunt Amanda were also a team, at least when Kelly wasn't taking care of Jenny.
And after.... Thanks for the help ladies!