I’ve been working on Watson Mill off and on since the end of 2015, building several other mini structures in between bouts of mill construction. I am back to the mill once again.
I had the structure covered while in storage in my workroom, so the dust didn’t build up. The wallpaper in the bedroom buckled, though, from the fluctuations in humidity. I should have glued the thin, vintage paper to a backing paper to make it more substantial before gluing in place. I don’t think I have enough to redo it, unfortunately. I would love to find the wallpaper again, but that’s a long shot. It’s vintage MiniGraphics called Gallery Flower. There were at least two colors of this paper, and this is a lighter beige.
After masking the edges of the wood floor, I wet the paper surface to weaken the glue.
I used a palette knife to scrape the paper away. It was rather easy work with such thin paper.
When I removed the wallpaper from the bedroom, the wall light did not survive. There’s no way to rewire it, and of course it’s discontinued. By miracle of miracles, I found another light and more of the vintage paper. More to come….
