The how-to guide to stripping wallpaper

Having recently revamped some bedroom walls, Kya deLongchamps peels away the layers on the most dreaded of all DIY jobs – stripping wallpaper.

NOW, I want you to relax and emotionally prepare for what I’m about to tell you. Taking down wallpaper is a soul-sucking, muscle-freezing, smile-paralysing nightmare. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either desperately trying to sell you last season’s wall coverings or is talking up this vortex of misery.