Ahhh, room number two. The office/guest room. For real, no hidden meaning in that one, as in ‘the sewing room.’ Dave cleaned out the room, save for our computer/network equipment, and I started stripping paper. Sweet beauty, it is going so. much. easier than in the sewing room. I’ve used not one drop of water/Dif/vinegar/blood/sweat/tears. AND, I’m getting down to the drywall!!

It appears they, gasp! used sizing in this room. (I really, really doubt they did in my bedroom, which will be a huge undertaking, I digress) It’s just peeling off. Not in sheets so much, but in big chunks. I slide the scraper underneath, and strips of 8 inches or more just lift off. It is amazing.

Interesting, too, that the paper on top (that I hate) is almost exactly as the original paper two layers down, only darker. And, the original base color of the original paper is almost exactly the color we picked out for that room. (God, that’s probably only exciting to me. Sorry.)

We also, yay, got stuff hung up! I framed my topo maps last week, and Dave hung those when I got back from Portland. I searched EVERYWHERE for 16×20 mats with 10×13 openings and found none. I went to artist supply stores, ferfucksake! I looked online! I looked EVERYWHERE. After searching in vain, I decided it was time to buy myself a mat cutter. I ended up buying the Alto 4501 from Joann.com, after finding a 50% off online coupon. Yay! I decided I would look for matboard this week, but I figured I was covered.

So, today I went to Target and saw that the frames I wanted for my Bangor photos were on sale, yay. And when I grabbed 3 and headed for the register, holy moly! They had 10×13 openings in their mats!! So, I framed those and Dave hung them this afternoon. I figure the mat cutter is still a good investment, as I will be taking pictures forever, and I already have some stuff I’d like to frame that is of an odd size.

So, our living room is only now waiting for the curtains to be made (once the back rooms are finished, I’ll haul out my machine) and for our wedding portrait to be hung (which is done, but just not HERE, yet.) Oh, and for our boomerang coffee table to be built, which is something Dave has been saying he might do this week since he is on vacation. Yay!!