Farrow & Ball Bumblebee

I wonder if it's normal to be as obsessed with wallpaper as I am.  Not just any wallpaper, although I do really like so many.  I'm obsessed with Farrow & Ball's Bumblebee wallpaper. This is not a new thing, either.  I've loved it for such a long time. 

 I've never wallpapered anything or used wallpaper in our home.  I have, however, spent a ridiculous amount of time removing wallpaper from Elliott's Room and our Hallway.  That may explain why I've never wallpapered anything.  But I really, really want to use the Bumblebee on the ceiling of my master bedroom.  Like, really.  

Here are some of the colour combos I'm considering:

 I'm leaning towards the first one.

What do you think about this wallpaper?  Do you think it's weird that I'd want bees overhead?  Is this obsession unhealthy?  Any advice for a novice wallpaper-er contemplating the use of super-expensive wallpaper DIY style?

xo Meg

This wallpaper will be the death of me.  I'm pretty sure.

Here we are:

   These pictures are anything but pretty but it's mostly off.  Jay will be skim coating the walls to smooth out the awful surface.  Then I'll be painting everything out in Benjamin Moore's Sandy Hook Gray.  Hopefully it turns out to be the colour of handprints, since there are always so many little ones going up the staircase.  I know this is going to make a huge difference in the overall look of the house once we finally have it done.

Sandy Hook Gray

I'm off to climb up the ladder and get the last bit of the paper off!

xo Meg

Just Keep Swimming...

My heart is pretty heavy today.  And my head is full.  Things around here are troubling.


The best thing for me when stuff is going on is to work, work, work.  So that's what I'm doing.  I stripped all the wallpaper off the lower hall and lower staircase yesterday.

Does this look any different than yesterday's post?

I'm sanding and prepping the walls now, then I'll give them a scrub with some TSP so I can prime them. You know that point in a project when you're sure it will never be finished?



xo Meg

What I'm Up To Around Here

1.  Too many projects at the same time, as usual.

2.  This ridiculously time consuming and pain-in-the-butt kind of job.

And I thought removing the wallpaper in Elliott's Room was difficult!  Add 20 more feet to the ceiling height and a stairway.  God Bless this crazy old house.

Yes, I know these pictures from my blackberry are crappy.  I don't have time for a real attempt at photography today, what with all the ladder climbing.

xo Meg