One of the joys of rehabbing an old house is uncovering what was done by those who came before. In painting a small bedroom we found three different papers on the wall. Actually all of these were hidden under a fourth wall paper — a solid rattan kind of paper. That paper had been painted over in green and then tan.
I think there should be a rule that prohibits more than three layers of wallpaper. Kind of like a roof. If you get to three layers of wallpaper, you have to tear it all off and start new.
We also found some square cut nails. Very cool stuff. These old nails didn’t have the pointy ends of newer wire nails. Can’t imagine hammering these blunt metal things into wood all day.
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