The Joy of Renovating

So, what you can't see in the picture today, is that I'm somewhat covered in wallpaper pieces/dust.  My mom is renovating the kitchen this week, so we have to make sure it's ready.  My mom and I have spent the whole day preparing the kitchen to take down wallpaper, and beginning the process of getting it down.  So far, we've worked about 4 hours (on tearing down wallpaper; about 12 otherwise), and got one wall done, and it's one of the shorter walls, and includes the oven (aka, less paper than the full wall).  Major :/.  However, that wall took so long mostly because I spent a lot of it making up for initial mistakes.

Turns out you CAN screw up taking down wallpaper.  My mom got a steamer, and was holding it on the wall too long.  The drywall would then be WAY too soft, and would tear when we tried to get at the wallpaper.  Eventually got it all, though, and didn't damage the wall TOO much further.  :)  Turns out I'm pretty good at this!  Tomorrow will be more of the same, but hopefully we'll make much quicker progress, then the renovations start on Tuesday.  Should be an interesting week, at the very least.