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Wallpapering Lessons If I had it to do over again, I would do it all differently. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas (on my days off and then some...), I decided to wallpaper my kitchen. Well little did I know just how much I would learn from this expe rience Oh yes, 1 should mention that this was my first wallpapering experience EVER. And my kitchen is not your basic, four-walls room. Mine has nine corners, five doors, two windows and a soffit. In the hasty fashion that is standard for my family, my husband and I, in one afternoon, selected and pur chased the needed rolls of wallpa per, primer, and pre-paste activa tor. We borrowed equipment and YOUR POST FRAME BUIUNNG HEADQUARTERS Wickes Lumber is the place to turn for all your 4 packaged building needs. We offer a wide selection of sizes and styles of buildings, perfect for a variety of needs. We also carry a complete assort ment of steel for siding and roofing, quality lumber, treated posts, heavy-duty hardware and alt the extras. 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The subtle green print disappeared, and the dark brown baskets dominated. We also didn’t explore what it meant to have a pattern that was a 21-inch match. At times, I had to cut off 18-19 inches of paper to "get to the next spot where the pattern began again. In a room with lots of EVERYTHHKI YOWU. NEEDI 2x4 Cl windows and doors, it. means waste. For us it also meant another trip to the paper store for more paper. My husband would come home at lunch to see how I was doing. Unfortunately given my fatigue, 1 didn’t always receive his com ments in the manner that they were spoken. And the more I worked, the more 1 noticed the mistakes and patches; the more I struggled, the more I started to hate the brown baskets for overpowering my hunter-green print. A project that I thought would be concluded in a weekend and two vacation days actually took that long plus three more evenings to finish. 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If you’re an experienced wall paper hanger, you can appreciate these lessons. I noticed that these lessons don’t just apply to wallpa pering, they apply to life, too. Take time to think about how (hey apply to your life and your family. P.S. Other people love how the room looks, and my hunter green linens and decorations are helping me to love it too. Calcium Oxide 41% Magnesium Oxide 6% passing 100 mesh passing 60 mesh passing 20 mesh rtment of Agriculture