tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post2225838783161944761..comments2024-03-21T23:14:27.787+00:00Comments on Middle of Nowhere: Peeling back the layersGretelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00399585879728373265noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-69665096375800215232013-05-04T22:00:12.718+01:002013-05-04T22:00:12.718+01:00I love seeing the many layers of life a house has ...I love seeing the many layers of life a house has had. I wonder about the previous occupants and what their lives were like as I strip them back. A tedious job but one made better by daydreaming.<br /><br />D xThe fabric of my lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129947664145537258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-4181884372077012232013-05-04T05:14:49.152+01:002013-05-04T05:14:49.152+01:00 It looks like a faded stencil, quite a popular lo... It looks like a faded stencil, quite a popular look here in America during the Colonial times. If it were consistent throughout, I would keep it.jerilandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418564262425621746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-40000436606744826862013-05-02T23:17:53.798+01:002013-05-02T23:17:53.798+01:00Hello, Gretel! I see that you are occupied with an...Hello, Gretel! I see that you are occupied with an activity maybe not that pleasant, but necessary for making the house your home. I believe you'll manage and won't get bored, because this monotonous peeling off is full of suprises! <br />Hope to see one day how you'll decorate the walls! Hope also that today you feel better than yesterday!:)<br />I'm sending you hot greetings from sunny Bulgaria! xxxrossichkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185784702539084622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-80461392577792844312013-05-02T11:32:28.939+01:002013-05-02T11:32:28.939+01:00I want this too for our wall. I already told my hu...I want this too for our wall. I already told my husband to help me for this project :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727103644320125740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-50002182462778205732013-05-01T02:32:46.588+01:002013-05-01T02:32:46.588+01:00I love the weathered look of all the layers...I wo...I love the weathered look of all the layers...I would pay for a wall like that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06028851330566550392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-1099669366122838862013-04-30T14:18:15.846+01:002013-04-30T14:18:15.846+01:00When we pulled our wallpaper off all the plaster c...When we pulled our wallpaper off all the plaster came off too ... an almightly b****y mess that then stayed like it for 4 years!! Good luck! M xVintage Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695570690989980599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-66940614640736805362013-04-29T18:09:27.421+01:002013-04-29T18:09:27.421+01:00Well good luck with the stripping, and I can only ...Well good luck with the stripping, and I can only praise your attitude, but I guess it helps when the layers are beautiful underneath. Good luck with the project ! Mrs H.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819321286003465447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-37619809875308199412013-04-28T09:56:59.090+01:002013-04-28T09:56:59.090+01:00I hate stripping paper, all the steam and yuck! Bu...I hate stripping paper, all the steam and yuck! But as I've always lived in wrecks it's a part of life. <br />You're looking at it in the right way, as a discovery rather than a chore.Rattling Onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04717017116448498799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-49505410716312305472013-04-26T15:21:48.925+01:002013-04-26T15:21:48.925+01:00We've come across some amazing layers in the h...We've come across some amazing layers in the houses we've lived in especially wallpapers of the 50's. Some I've wanted to leave a patch of and put a frame around, and once we uncovered a wallpaper of rosebuds that was the same wallpaper as on my bedroom walls when I was about a year old, it can be quite an emotional thing peeling back time. X the woolly doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11539276358660986716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-16018346947720433152013-04-26T07:26:45.621+01:002013-04-26T07:26:45.621+01:00I enjoy stripping wallpaper, something very satisf...I enjoy stripping wallpaper, something very satisfying about it as well as the surprises hiding underneath. Is your room bigger now all that has gone??Caroline Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458832101616631036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-51131981480739129692013-04-25T21:46:04.550+01:002013-04-25T21:46:04.550+01:00I wonder what tales those walls can tell? I used t...I wonder what tales those walls can tell? I used to love decorating and imagining the lives of previous inhabitants.<br /><br /> Can't imagine papering over layers and layers of paper though - perhaps stripping it all back is a more recent method. <br /><br />By the way, I seem to remember that there is a wallpaper archive at the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester!mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-16220078597005872912013-04-25T20:16:10.300+01:002013-04-25T20:16:10.300+01:00I love thinking about the life a house has had bef...I love thinking about the life a house has had before Ive come to live in it..our little bout of flooding the other months meant that we had to lift layers of carpet and found 2 layers of crazy 60's lino tiles underneath..oh how styles have changed! Little Dotty Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14833910146802802534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-91391492756773767922013-04-25T20:12:37.992+01:002013-04-25T20:12:37.992+01:00That's funny you should say that about the las...That's funny you should say that about the last layer - Maxine's wall paper is Laura Ashley modern but the effect is pale silvery chrysanths just like that!!! x JoTwiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851717329658611598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-39962826277726411502013-04-25T17:34:25.131+01:002013-04-25T17:34:25.131+01:00I love to discover the hidden parts of an old hous...I love to discover the hidden parts of an old house. When I see a tiny fragment of the paper I imagine what it would have looked like across the whole room when it was new. With old drawers I wonder what was in them in the past and how the contents have changed. :)<br />Happy stripping Gretel!xxJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593348601123003194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-90388328880507378512013-04-25T15:39:32.710+01:002013-04-25T15:39:32.710+01:00Gretel, I agree with you about the abstract beauty...Gretel, I agree with you about the abstract beauty of your layers of vintage wall papers. It's also a bit of decorating history to see that prior owners continued to layer up, over and over again.<br /><br />These photographs are very fine. I could most likely do a little meditation looking at them. Isn't that odd?<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-18877187128265955842013-04-25T15:03:05.919+01:002013-04-25T15:03:05.919+01:00Old houses give up secrets like this. I once live...Old houses give up secrets like this. I once lived in a house where the (tall) hallway paper was only held on by a sort of cobwebby fungus the surveyor had never seen before. It could be tugged off in entire sheets!<br />There will be a sense of satisfaction in knowing your walls to their bare bones.the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-91896336014717403572013-04-25T13:54:02.887+01:002013-04-25T13:54:02.887+01:00What a fun job! We found all these messages under ...What a fun job! We found all these messages under our wallpaper from 40 years ago and height charts to document the previous occupants sons growth. xEmma Kate at Paint and Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186765005284249653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-50420178601829285252013-04-25T13:32:15.955+01:002013-04-25T13:32:15.955+01:00Wow! That's going to be a JOB! ephemera artist...Wow! That's going to be a JOB! ephemera artists might love some of that...you should box up any good pieces and sell them...ya never know...Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13897978493027374695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-56562122474235647202013-04-25T13:13:34.198+01:002013-04-25T13:13:34.198+01:00They do look like interesting artworks by someone ...They do look like interesting artworks by someone expressing peaceful vistas abstractly. What a job you've taken on! Most of us would see that as just a big job, but with your artist's eye, it becomes a story in color and pattern. Still a lot of work though. Wish I lived next door, I'd lend you a hand.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843681840283587999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-7886428412893884912013-04-25T12:46:47.265+01:002013-04-25T12:46:47.265+01:00Fantastic effects and textures, its like history u...Fantastic effects and textures, its like history unfolding one layer at a time. Great pictures of them. Our walls (not as old) had only one paint on it "1980s deep dirty pink" and it was painted over as fast as I could... looks great now but it was not as interesting to work on as your walls are. <br /><br />Happy Spring!!!Mari Brown and Colourblobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031663861630821478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-34217594452556049832013-04-25T12:37:02.120+01:002013-04-25T12:37:02.120+01:00Don't you wonder who chose it and put it up? A...Don't you wonder who chose it and put it up? And what their life was like? Houses in America don't have that sort of history--it's a shame. I think we are missing out.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042143254001890567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-86054904564027314132013-04-25T12:31:30.825+01:002013-04-25T12:31:30.825+01:00Yes...if walls could talk!
janet xox
The Empty Ne...Yes...if walls could talk!<br /><br />janet xox<br />The Empty NestJanet Metzger, Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004040279820041203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-43668829008543605952013-04-25T12:01:38.303+01:002013-04-25T12:01:38.303+01:00Always a thrilling and thought provoking task.
I a...Always a thrilling and thought provoking task.<br />I always love the word palimpsest - about the sort of writing that is written over other writing or diagonally across it from the days when parchment was very expensive.<br />Yes, wonderful inadvertent abstracts!<br /><br />Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-20116463508016745312013-04-25T11:19:27.520+01:002013-04-25T11:19:27.520+01:00It is interesting to think about all the people wh...It is interesting to think about all the people who have resided in the house over the years and wonder who they were - perhaps their choice of wall covering is a reflection of them.Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13313028.post-12642315926553449322013-04-25T10:50:13.758+01:002013-04-25T10:50:13.758+01:00What beautiful images!What beautiful images!DollZandThingZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906400814059674230noreply@blogger.com