You can never have enough...

[kiwimade64]

When we pulled the open fire out to renovate six years ago, there were scorch marks behind the mantle piece. Thank goodness the fire had been boarded up and we never used it.

Your wallpaper story reminds me of Mum, OHH. Dad was a paperhanger by trade and Mum was forever changing the wallpaper in our home. One day Mum bought some paper with big teal circles (it was the 1970s lol) with white centers. It was Mum's second choice as she couldn't get enough of the one she wanted and was a nightmare for Dad to hang for some reason so there was a lot of swearing under his breath. Once it was up, Mum decided she hated it lol. There was a heck of a row between them with Dad saying he wasn't going to rehang the wallpaper just because she didn't like it and it ended with Mum stomping off saying well I hope it falls off the walls over night! Next morning we're up and heading to the kitchen and hear Mum laughing. Yep, the wallpaper had bubbled and literally fallen off the walls. The white in the circles had turned grey and the teal had turned an awful shade of something. Turns out the paper was faulty so mum found wallpaper similar to her first choice while us kids stripped what was left off the walls. Dad rehung the new wallpaper.