wedge@wedge@woodworking.group
Back kitchen wall stripped, patched, and ready for color. What came down was not wallpaper but blue-checkered cloth with a cotton padding underneath. It all dropped off with pulling out the millions of slat staples, but there was still glue to have to scrape off the wall.
The same tissue was used for patio door curtains, exposed cupboard backs, and lamp shade. We like the door curtains, so we’re going to make more for the kitchen sink window, too, out of the salvaged wall material.
wedge@wedge@woodworking.group
The former owners aimed for a blue, white, wood theme. We’ve decided to stick with that but make some changes in the right direction.
Where they had checkered cloth on the walls, we’re going with my own ‘Nordik’ blue paint. This color was found in an interior mag. I wouldn’t find that color at the hardware store, of course, so I bought some blue and black tints and made my own from leftover white. It’s a good-enough match (left bottom). Bad lighting here. Basically a blue-gray shade, mid tone.