Making The Set Our Own

In order to fulfil the brief, we planned to wallpaper the three boards and then apply the paint on top of this. We felt it was best to first, strip the old wallpaper from the boards which we did using warm water and scrapers. We then used sand paper to smooth the edges of the remaining wallpaper in order to essentially, get a blank canvas for us to work with. 

Once this was done, we could measure the wallpaper and cut it into the appropriate strips and pieces. This proved a problem solving task as we wanted to keep the open window in the board, with the frame which we will later dress to look like an antique picture frame. We used a tape measure to first, measure the boards and then rolled the wallpaper out and marked with a pencil where to cut each strip. 

Following the instructions given, we then mixed wallpaper paste and applied it to our strips. Working together, we positioned the wallpaper and used a dry brush to smooth out any air bubbles. 

In order to use the time given wisely, we decided to split the roles; Emma therefore began painting the boards whilst myself and Daryl finished applying the wallpaper. 

With the wallpaper applied, we could work together to coat each board. This took some time as we really had to work the paint into the textured woodchip wallpaper using both rollers and smaller paint brushes. 

By the end of the day, our three boards were stripped, wallpapered and painted. Now we have the basis for our set, we can begin dressing it.