A Light in the Attic...

We are now in the process of shedding some light in our old farm house attic.  Attic really is a shabby word for the two "rooms"  that compose our upstairs; yet with only a pocket stair case and being poorly finished it is hard to call it an honest room.  Not for long! 

Since February I have been concocting this delightful plan to renovate the upstairs and turn it into my secret hideaway.  As you can see below, It consists of old wood board walls, ramshackle windows and in one of the two rooms....layers of hideous wall paper.

It was terrifying and amazing to see what all came out from behind the layers of paper.  I will say after only 2 layers of hideous wall paper, some of the layers beneath were surprisingly colorful, ornate and graceful.  The very top layer was a putrid sea foam green painted thick cardboard like wallpaper.  There was also a small patch of paper that was avocado green and goldenrod yellow small print roses on this layer.  Beneath these layers though was an array of lovely cream and silver and blue papers.

There were also bits of newspaper crammed into the small cracks between some of the boards...(to see the front porch through the walls reinforces to fact that these spaces are not yet true rooms!) 

Tomorrow we should scrape off the final pieces of the odious wall paper and then I shall paint.  Stay tuned...

Till Next Time,
Sister Sarah