Well, Easter is approaching, and so what is there that needs to be done. DIY of course!
It's time to redesign the bedroom, and as part of this it's off with the wallpaper, ready to paint the walls.
There is one slight problem though, it seems that the previous occupants papered over the previous occupants, who papered over the previous, and so on. So, as I I'm steaming away at the walls into the wee small hours (its 11pm and I'm taking a short break before going back) I get to see what is almost like a timeteam episode as history is revealed, but rather than looking into a trench I can look at the layers of wallpaper coming off!
The most annoying part of this steaming business though is that at some point in the dim and distant past (I've not found any evidence that will help me date when this occurance took place) one occupant obviously thought it would be a really great idea to use gloss paint on the wallpaper.
Well, I've news for them if they are listening. It was a crap idea! Gloss paint doesn't like to come off walls, and so in the last two and a half hours I have managed to remove less than 1/3 of the wallpaper on one wall.
That means that at this rate I will be working for another four hours before I reach the end of the wall. In other words it will be 4am before I complete this task.
So, armed with this knowledge I am desperately trying to find something else to do to avoid having to spend the night in a hot, steamy room armed with a wallpaper scraper and night time radio for company.
Update: well I seemed to have worked faster than I thought I would, because the paper is off (apart from behind the radiator - tomorrows job) and it's only 3am. Only!!