And I'm confident that they work, having just removed every inch of multiple layers of wood-chip wallpaper from a large room in my 160-year-old house -- and both the house and I lived to tell the ...

The accumulation of soot from coal and wood stoves required frequent removal to keep colors ... The Tribune suggested that old wallpaper be removed before new paper was hung, especially in warm rooms.

wood, scenic vistas, flowers, fabric, or architectural elements it imitates.” A fragment of antique wallpaper, Greer suggests, is precious enough to frame and hang as art.

A nearly century-old Grant Wood painting at the Sioux City Arts ... Hotel before it was lost for decades under paint and old wallpaper. It was rediscovered with severe damage in 1979.