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by J.P. Partland

A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Stripping Wallpaper, Painting Walls, and Removing Carpet

he walls in your new place look terrible. The carpet is disgusting. They say that when we love a person, we also love everyone they've ever loved. When we move into a new house must we, similarly, love the taste of every other tenant who has ever lived there? Fortunately not. You can break away from the stained tile and the grimy walls and make your new place anew. Here's how.

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