Master Bath-entry

Well, it's much harder to work on the house when you live in it. We have worked on it some, but nothing that was overly exciting. Until now...

The master bathroom is two rooms. I started working on the smaller of the two first, the entry room.

The very pale pink striped floral design wallpaper wasn't for me.  (However, I have grown very fond of the drop globe glass light fixture, the glass globes hang on either side of the sink/mirror.)

I changed out the pulls on the bi-fold doors with Cream Crackle Ceramic Scallop Knobs from Hobby Lobby.  It made the bi-folds bearable.

Cream Crackle Ceramic Scallop Knob

I decided to cover the wallpaper with brown craft paper.  I found some detailed instructions with just a quick internet search.  Holly and I loaded up and headed to Wal-Mart.  We picked up a few rolls of Duck Brand Kraft Paper and some Zinsser Universal Wallpaper Adhesive.

Before I began working on the walls I went ahead and painted all of the trim white to match what is in the master bedroom.  The trim was a pale yellow before, painting it white made everything look cleaner.  And by painting the trim before I put up the wall covering I didn't have to tape anything off. Yay!

As I was letting the trim paint dry, I read through the instructions again. Here is a combined version of their instruction and some of my additions.

1. Tear a strip from the brown paper roll (most of my were somewhere between six and nine inches)
2. Tear pieces off in any shape that you desire (I did most of mine square or rectangular with a few odd balls.  I could get about five pieces from each strip I tore.)
3. After you tear off a piece wad it up like a trash ball.  Make two piles, one for your pieces with all torn edges and one for your pieces with straight edges from the roll.  You will use the straight edges to put along the ceiling and and trim you butt up against.  This makes a nice clean line at your edge.
4. After you get a nice collection of wadded up paper, start opening them up and pull out any edges that are bent under.  The creases in the the paper piece will give you texture on your wall. 
5. I started on an area that butted up next to some trim, using my pieces with a straight edge. (See picture below.)
6. I used a paint brush to apply the adhesive to the wall (I put mine directly on top of the existing wallpaper).  
7. Make sure to get your edges down and lightly go over the piece of paper so that it is securely glued to the wall, you will still be able to see the creases as long as you don't use too much adhesive and stretch the piece out. 
8. Don't worry, I had never done anything like this and it was not hard to figure out the right amount of adhesive or how much to press on the piece to make sure it was up there well enough.
9. After I got all the way up the piece of trim with the straight edges I started using the pieces with all four sides torn.  I didn't put them in any particular order.  I just made sure I didn't see any of the old wallpaper coming through.  I preferred a more random look/pattern, but I think that's all up to you.

Like I stated in #5, I stared with my straight edge pieces next to a piece of trim.

After I went up the trim and across the counter top with straight edge pieces I started filling in with the all torn edge pieces.

I went all the way round the door trim with straight edge pieces.

Now, reverse a little bit, while we were in Wal-Mart looking at polyurethane I stopped to look at the hammered spray paint (again).  I just can't seem to say no to that stuff!  So, I bought two cans of the Rust-oleum Hammered spray paint in Copper color to redo the counter tops (similar to those in the kitchen).

I had to test a little spot last night.  So far, I think I am going to like it!

This picture was taken Friday morning; you can still see areas that are not completely dry.

Full view of the area surrounding the door.

6 days later... I love the way it looks, even with the differences in color from the adhesive.

A panoramic of the entire room.  I still need to decide on a color for the cabinets, but for now I'm pleased with the results.