In early May, we had the luxury of working on the house while living 2 streets over at our apartment. But by mid-month, we were up against a harsh reality that in two weeks we were going to have to live in this place, regardless of its condition. So kitchen demo work, kitchen cabinet assembly, yard work, etc. all had to be put on hold to get some portion of this house habitable.
We had the floors done early (before the walls in fact, and in hindsight this is not recommended). As for the walls, peeling off the wallpaper was slow and tedious and took up a few days. Next time, we'll go w/ a steamer. Scratch that -- let's hope there isn't a next time as far as wallpaper's concerned. Once the wallpaper came off, it was just further evidence of the poor condition of the walls. Brian read up on skim-coating, watched a few episodes on the DIY network, and hit the Depot for joint compound and tools.
First, the floors (before):
Here's how it looked with the wallpaper off:
And here's what it looked like with wet joint compound:
Dried JC:
And finally, paint:
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