For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for September 07, 2017

I guess this proves Elly does not have her head on straight.

Elly’s left elbow is Shakespearian. It makes noises “Measure for Measure”.

“Close your eyes, Elly. Use the Force to put up your wallpaper.”

I would have never guessed that yellow wallpaper could make yellow walls look so much more yellow.

A truly talented woman is one who can make a rag jump from her right back pocket to her left back pocket all without using her hands.

Imagine putting wallpaper on that tower in Pisa, Italy.

Leave it there, Elly. Removing wallpaper is a pain. Just tilt your furniture and you’re good.

This is why you use a level or plumb-bob.

Step 1: Draw a plumb line with a 4-foot level or a plumb-bob in an inconspicuous corner. Step 2: If you don’t understand anything in Step 1, hire someone else to do the job.

LOL! Oh, Elle! There’s help for you yet!

This is why I no longer wallpaper.

My first time wallpapering. I slop on the paste put it on the wall and brush it down. About a gallon of paste comes out the bottom, LOL! Then I notice little bumps. Had to take the piece down and wipe off the paste and sand the walls smooth. I think the sizing I used was lumpy or something. It was an experience.

It’s amazing what 1/8" off plumb can end up as when you get to the other side of the room.

typical, women never admit they might have done something wrong,, it’s the houses fault

Hanging wallpaper is an aerobic sport. Especially when you get it crooked the first time and have to re-do it.

That’s why you NEVER use wallpaper with straight lines in the pattern!

Suggest taking breaks and working in a well-ventilated area. That wallpaper paste is smelly, Elly.

Should have started at the corner of the wall. Oops!

Lynn’s Notes:

The walls ARE often crooked. This is why stripes and squares have to be carefully measured and cut. Just call a professional.

Cut twice and measure once. Or something like that.

Elly, haven’t you ever heard of a plumb line? You should watch more of “This Old House”.

And Lynn is right. It is rare to have walls that are perfect, no matter how old the house is. The carpenters may have made it perfect, but plasterers and drywallers sometimes aren’t as careful. We put up mirrored tiles (c’mon this was the 80’s) in our living room once. We used a plumb line and the mirrors were perfectly straight. The walls were not, both ends.

My grandmother and my father would make her take it down and do it over.. My father did that for a living use to talk the customer out of wall paper, my grandmother loved wallpaper, with the large cabbage roses on it…

I know nothing about this but I remember hearing a sermon years ago in which the plumbline was mentioned (or is it plumline)? There is a verse in the Bible that mentions it. Though I would know nothing about wallpapering, I do remember this about the plumbline. Sorry Elly but you’ll have to take this down and have it done right, preferably by someone who knows about the plumbline.

Well, I’ve done wallpapering too in the past. …and yes, I did it all by myself following directions. Some rooms are still papered with the same paper going on 40 years now. I’m still not tired of it. Some of our other walls are painted. It was a pain taking off the glue when we decided to paint some rooms. So we decided to leave the paper in others…

Wallpaper looks cheesy and is difficult to maintain. This is a good of an example as any as to why one should reach for a paint brush instead.

Is that supposed to be flowered wallpaper? If so, why is it upside down in the second panel?