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Been back in Mobile since Feb 2, and have been working on the room in the afternoons. Basically it's a lot of caulking, scraping, and mudding! I'm really struggling with not getting distracted, or discouraged. One trick I've been using for that is just focusing on one wall at a time and just getting really into it and doing whatever needs to be done to get that wall paint-ready.

Each wall has decorative paneling on top, a layer of wallpaper, and then the original plaster. So far the worst plaster was the first area I tackled; the walls on either side of the fireplace. The rest so far has just been bad cracks with some occasional holes. Hopefully the trend will continue as I remove more paneling around the room. Yesterday I discovered the ghost marks of where picture railing was attached that was lower than the latest height for it in the room. I think I might go with this line when I re-attach the molding (which I saved).

To remove the wallpaper, I'd read a handy tip in the Family Handyman magazine that white vinegar will help. So, where it was no longer loose (some patches peeled away easily), I soaked it with vinegar, and sure enough, off it came! Where the plaster is pulling away from the lathe, I'm anchoring it back with some washers screwed in:

At this point, I now have two walls in pretty good shape, though some areas still need more layers of 'mud' and some caulking. That leaves two more walls! But before I can tackle that, I'll need to move the furniture out of the way; no small feat with the four-poster bed, as it weighs a ton!

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Posted by Angela Trigg at 08:02 PM on Feb-12-2009
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On Feb-13-2009 12:41 PM Eleanor Inge Baker commented:
Hey Angela, I know you are swamped with the renovation, but I wondered if when things get a little settled for you, if we could set up an interview. I am a free lance writer and I think your renovating Termite Hall would be a great story for Mobile Bay Monthly. It will give your project (and especially the fundraising aspect of it) some good coverage. I mentioned it to Judy Culbreth, the editor of Mobile Bay Monthly, and she said she'd like for me to write a proposal...of course first I need to know if you'd be interested. Let me know what you think. Thanks Eleanor p.s. would you mind emailing me back? Thanks, inge.eleanor@gmail.com

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This was written by Helen Scully, grand-daughter of Adelaide Marston Trigg, and is loosely based on the house and our ancestors: