Comments on: Removing Chair Molding & Demoing Out A Slate Path

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:14:26 +0000

In reply to Jenni.

Definitely sand those suckers down until they’re smooth (take precautions if it’s an old house because you could expose lead paint while sanding so google how to deal with that if you are). You also might need to skim coat the wall (basically you use spackle and a putty knife to skim over the whole area so it’s all smooth when it’s dry). Good luck!

xo,
s

By: Jenni

Jenni — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:49:48 +0000

Hey guys, we just removed a chair rail in our family room and there are now 2 ridges in the wall – right above and below where the chair rail was. It’s noticeable because there are probably 3 layers of different paint colors that have been painted with the chair rail… any idea on how to make the ridge less noticeable? I’m not sure if you ran into this problem at all when you took yours off…

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:00:41 +0000

In reply to Karen P..

We’ve always heard steaming it off is the easiest. We just sprayed it with hot water, scored it, sprayed again, scraped it, and then scraped the glue. It took forever but it was all gone and easy to paint once we put in the time. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

By: Karen P.

Karen P. — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 02:57:01 +0000

Sorry for all the questions but I’m reading your blog from the beginning and I see that you uncovered wallpaper under the paint. How did you remove the wallpaper. I went wallpaper crazy in my house years ago and want to start stripping it but I’m not sure of the easiest method.

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:24:33 +0000

In reply to Kristina.

Hey Kristina,

We actually hired a construction company to do that stuff so we’d hate to offer advice that might result in anything less than perfect. Our honest advice would be to either get help from a skilled friend or family member or to hire a professional for a polished and seamless finished product. Hope it helps!

xo,
s

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:03:47 +0000

Hey Youngsters, any suggestions on a) removing dry wall (we have a similar short wall at the top of the entrance to our hallway that doesn’t make sense and blocks light… and we want to knock down a wall in our kitchen) and b) putting up a new wall (similar to filling in the door from y’all’s kitchen to the dining room… we want to knock a wall out of our kitchen and extend the kitchen into the too-large laundry room behind it). Thanks!