Wallpapering and ants

I spent the day wallpapering our entranceway. Whenever I wallpaper I tell myself I’m never doing it again. But then a year or two later I’m back at it.

I really struggled with this one. It seemed an easy wall but the end result is bubbly. I’ve never had wallpaper bubble before and the only difference this time is I bought the paste from B&Q rather than using the Sanderson paste which is what I usually use. I’m not sure if that’s why. It’s disappointing as the wallpaper is expensive so I don’t really want to pull it down and redo it. I should have got a professional to do it.

Nevertheless it’s still an improvement on what we had which was peeling off and I decided to brighten things up with a change of colour on the wood panelling.

Here’s the before photo:

Here’s the in progress photo:

And here’s how far I got:

The wallpaper is William Morris Golden Lily.

I want to do the wall on the far side opposite this one but I’m a bit hesitant now given the bubbling issue. It needs a second coat of paint too.

Have I shared photos of Elizabeth’s ants recently? We filled their little habitat with several test tubes and they moved out of their old one and into one of the new ones. That was rather exciting. The queen has laid lots of eggs and they moved all the eggs one-by-one to the new test tube.

The eggs take 3-4 weeks to hatch and the larvae around another 5 weeks to mature. They really do make fascinating pets.