Stripping off the wallpaper in the hallway revealed several layers of chipped paint.
Preliminary experiments with just painting over it showed that this option, whilst easy, would lead to less than desirable results. So, we debated getting specially formulated 'smoothing paint' or papering. Lukas, remembering the joys of removing wallpaper, made a convincing case for painting. This past weekend I finally got around to playing with it. The special paint is more, it turns out, like really smooth plaster than proper paint. In order to get the smooth effect, it came with a squeegee--the instructions being to paint the mixture on and then squeegee it off. Unfortunately, said squeegee was not only rather fickle, but also purple and pink. Much more macho tools were deemed to be both more effective and easier on the ego.
Having said that, the initial painting on of the goop was great fun, and I found myself thinking, 'Ah, that's a cool texture. Maybe we should just leave it like this....' Fortunately, every time I went to the bathroom, the ceiling helpfully reminded me what textured paint ends up looking like:
Lukas can rest assured that when he returns from his business trip, he'll come home to nicely smooth walls.
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