So, sarameg is stripping paint off her banister with goo. Dillo and I are stripping paint off our bathroom door using our fingernails! Someone painted it in latex over oil paint without priming, and it comes off in sheets. Very satisfying.

Of course, once we get the latex off, we have to decide what to do next. The underlayer is very dirty and peach-colored. To strip all the layers off with goo? Or just wash, prime, and paint? Either way needs to wait until we can work outside.

Floors clean. As is the stove (which how it got dirty, I fail to understand since I haven't used it in months.)

My boxed up stuff is stuff that goes on walls. It''s such a bear of a task, I haven't even looked at stuff to figure out if I want to keep it or not.

Hmmm, you make a compelling argument.

Allow me to sweeten the deal with a cute puppy.

Someone painted it in latex over oil paint without priming, and it comes off in sheets. Very satisfying.

Ahahahahaha! This is what started this whole adventure.

Thing is, all the trim and doors and everything in the entire damned house are like this. Windows, everything. It is actually a huge pain in the ass, and will be a huge amount of work to fix. Some people should not be allowed to paint things.

flea, yup, I'm in the EXACT SAME situation. It's just that Loki started the shredding for me. Banister takes much more abuse than the trim and doors.

In addition to the vegetable freezing frnzies you have heard about before, my entire childhood was spent with various family members scraping of paint on top of wallpaper on top of paint, and then painting.

My grandfather never did his room, though, and I ended up doing it when I was 25 and moved back home. And then I somehow started pulling the ceiling down with the wallpaper!

My grandma ended up "staining" a lot of the raw wood with shoe polish, so I am not even sure how anyone would fix that.

I met one of my best childhood friends when we were peeling wallpaper from my parent's bedroom and this kid from across the street, wearing in a velvet dress, asked if she could help. My mom sent her home to change first and both the girl (still in the velvet dress) and her mom came back. The mom and my mom formed a tight friendship that lasted their whole lives. And the girl helped peel wallpaper in her velvet dress.

That is adorable, Suzi!

It just came back to me that I thought the chemical they used was called "Stripies", but really it was "Strip- Ease" or maybe "eez"

I love that story, Suzi!

We just got back from our neighborhood Watch meeting at the local police station. It was packed, which is great. I got to hear my husband get a round of applause, as he does all the Watch emails and coordinates all communication with the police. Yes, he rocks.