The difference paint can make!

This was a small little thing that made a HUGE difference! We just ripped out the wall paper, added some light texture and some new paint! Made a world of difference on our dining room. Here is what it looked like before...

You can just see it in the picture, but it is really the best one of the before that I have :/ Anyways, on to the how. For taking down the wallpaper I found the easiest thing was putting a cup of fabric softener in a spray bottle with a cup of warm water. I sprayed the entire thing and let it sit for about an hour, this allowed the wallpaper to just peel right off. After it all came off I lightly sanded the entire room, wiped it down with a damp cloth to get all the dust off. For my texture I used 1 cup of wall putty and 1 1/2 cups of water, mixed it together really well and used a sea sponge roller to roll it on. It is a nice a light texture, nothing to heavy. We let that dry for about a day then primed all the walls. I would recommend priming after doing texture because sometimes, depending on the color of paint, the texture can soak up the paint and you will have to do more coats. We painted about an hour after priming since the primer dries so quickly. Here is a picture of the after...

Here is a picture of what the texture looks like close up.