Step 2 comes with a snag

The first finished wall.
You can see the painted paper on the floor, ready to be disposed of

The next step in my renovation progress started off well. First the wardrobe needed to be removed, so I could have access to the wall in order to get it painted. In nearly white. We knew that behind the wardrobe there was wallpaper, which was the original builders' paper, put on when the house was first built. 

The paper came loose the minute we had freed the wardrobe. Pulling it caused the whole thing to come loose and we could tear large strips off without any problem, exposing the bare plaster wall beneath. We cleared it up until the section where the paper was on the wall properly again: I would paint over that. 

We moved the single bed to the back and my bed to the front
The wardrobes are still being moved around though.

I got the paint and the roller and got stuck in. And within minutes I hit a snag. The remaining wallpaper was not on as properly as we had thought. In fact, the paint on it made it loose and again whole sections were just peeling off. Smaller pieces got stuck to the roller, big sections just came down by themselves. Which meant I was painting and peeling and then painting again. But, finally the wall was done and it looked fine. 

To the other side of 'my' old part I went. This time it was the concrete outer wall and again I was going to paint over the wallpaper on it. Fingers crossed... it went fine. It did. No paper came loose more than usually does when you paint over it. It looked good and it was easy to do. The first bit was done. 

Peppered with those production bubble holes. Very rustic

Then on Saturday I decided to do the next wall. Which involved some jiggling of furniture as my bed was against the wall that needed to be done first. Again a concrete wall with paper on top and it held beautifully. Then we removed wardrobe number two. Behind that again was builders' paper, and on top of that other paper. Which had to be removed as it was nearly flapping in the wind.  

Snag number two. As I removed that tiny bit of paper, the builders' paper came loose as well. Which was pulled off. Revealing a bare concrete will peppered with little holes. So many holes that painting over it was not going to help those holes go away. First we got rid of all the remaining paper on a section of the wall. Then I went to the DIY store to get some filler. Which looked like yoghurt mousse, but worked a treat. 

We filled in most of the holes, leaving only some smaller ones

The renewing process has not been plain sailing. And I still don't know what the fixed-up concrete wall and the remaining plaster wall will have in store for me. I will start again today to finish the painting of the walls, and then I will continue with the ceiling. Not the lowered one (yet), but the sloping one. I also want to do the trusses and beams as they are yucky dark brown. I would prefer a grey-blue to create a more Scandi-feeling. 

Then after all that is done, it will be time to pick out some carpet to put in, which then means removing the wardrobes altogether although the beds can stay put apparently. They just have to be moved around when the laying is going on. By professionals I hasten to add!