Follow-up!

Hi, blog readers!  I just wanted to follow-up my last post with quick update. That last remaining wallpaper adhesive that was taunting me as I fell to my death is G-O-N-E.  Yeah, so there!  My nifty new ladder allowed me to kill that last little bit!  Though, I am pretty sure I am not using the stair ladder function correctly yet.  Hmmm....I guess I will pull those directions out after all!

Anywho, B pointed out that if you continue up that same wall you immediatly run into wallpaper border in the rest of the stairwell and in the hallway at the top of the stairs. This has also now become part of the "foyer" project.  The border, like the rest of the wallpaper in the house, is floral!  My friend asked me why there was bedroom paint and border in the hallway.  I did not have a good answer to that! Oh, lordie...

Awesome Hallway Border

I just don't understand the obsession with flowered wallpaper in the house!  I still have two whole rooms that are covered in flower wallpaper that we haven't even got to yet!  It's like Hallmark, new baby scent, kittens and a bunch of other cutesy stuff got together and decorated this house!  If I never see another version of floral wallpaper again, it will be too soon.

Anyway, after I finish taking this horrible border down we will start prepping all the "foyer" walls for new paint!  Reminder: "Foyer" now includes the actual foyer, the stairwell, and the 2nd floor hallway.  Let me know in the comments if you think I should paint with a very neutral, bright color, like egg-shell or pure whate through out the "foyer" or if I should go with something else.  Maybe a blast of color?  Maybe a stronger "neutral"? 

Lastly,  I just want to say that I really enjoy the creative side of this blog writing WAY more than the instructional part. My new plan of action is to to just enjoy this output (and hopefully some input soon) and go with the flow.  No more instructional stuff from me!  Just an entertaining summary of what's going on, what I am working on, stupid, idiotic stuff I pull, and, of course, final outcomes!!

I hope you enjoy what you read!!

Someone call OSHA! This blogger has lost her mind!

So, here is the portion of my foyer job that I share some of my stupidity with you all.  We are this close to removing all the wallpaper and adhesive from the foyer and attached walls in the stair well. THIS CLOSE. You can see that last little remaining section that is to high to reach...Grrrr!

                                  

To fully understand what I have done you have to know that my stairs have two entry areas that meet at the first landing. It is about 12.5 ft above the lowest stair and about 7 or 8 fee from the landing.

My plan of attack consisted of placing a regular, a-frame, two-sided ladder on the landing and strrrrrreeeettttcccchhhh as far as I could to reach the top. The ladder barely fit on the landing; the small feet on the back were fully on the landing but the larger front feet were only about half way. Although, I could reach higher than before I still couldn't stretch my body far enough to get to the top. I needed to revise this idea.  I decided that it would be best to utilize both the precariously balanced ladder AND the top of the door frame, stretching up even further to get to that last little bit. I drew this great picture for you so that you can fully visualize this mighty plan of mine:

This is SUCH a bad idea!

Who wants to guess what happened next?  DING! DING! DING! We have a winnah!  Yes, my massive stretch to the left pushed the ladder just enough to the right and I received a free flying lesson until gravity took over:

I landed on my left side leaving multiple bruises from my thigh to my arm but did not damage my head or bones. B had raced around to ensure I was OK, took away my scrapper tool (which I am glad I didn't land on), and told me how lucky I was and that I should be on my way to the ER.  After breathing through the pain and the shock I finally got up and started to place my ill-balanced ladder back on the landing.  B asked me if I was "F*****G CRAZY" because I planned on getting right back up that ladder.   I was honestly weighing the choice between finishing the wallpaper removal job in that area and my chances of falling again. I think at that point B's eyes popped out of his head along with a vein and he stomped out completely exasperated at me.

To make a long story short I went to Lowe's and bought a new ladder.  Hmppff!

OK, I think it actually does a lot of cool things but just don't tell B that!