The chosen room was once our daughters bedroom. My wife had wallpapered it from floor to ceiling. She, evidently, never intended to have the wallpaper

come down. I spent one week trying to remove the wallpaper from one wall using all the new and recommended chemical strippers and wallpaper perferators

but it would not come off without damaging the drywall. The one method I had not tried was steaming. Everything I read pointed to using these new chemical strippers

and turned me away from trying a steamer. Chemical strippers are not cheap, they are messy and do not work in all cases. Finally, we decided to give the steamer

a try. Decided to buy one rather than rent because it was the same price as renting one for the day and in the end I would own a new tool. Fired it up and in minutes

we were stripping off the paper in large sections! In a days time we had stripped the other three walls with no scraping and very little mess.

Building the shelf that the Hitchhiking Ghosts will sit on...Finishing drywall.................Worst part was removing all of the old wallpaper.....Spraying on drywall texture.

Painting, wallpaper and building the window ledge and wall light boxes.

Applying the vinyl cutouts..........................Painting the eyes........................Building the columns with MDF and real brick veneer. They weigh over 100 lbs. each!

This shows the closet door before....After mounting the door........................Interior shot showing 1x2 buildup...Layout of boxed pin sets to go on inner closet door.

Framwork in place............................Framework painted & pins in place........Detail of rotating right column and scary face molding...Crown and dentil molding.

More column detail.................................Finished faux wood grain door...................Replica antique dragon handle, door sliding and pin door opening.

Pin door opened all the way to 90 degrees and close up of some pins on outer door.

Upper level shelf with photos in place..............................................Night shot shows glow-in-the-dark moon and if you look close you can see the eyes glowing on the wallpaper.

Showing upper graveyard and lower bookcase from different angles......................................................Hat box ghost and Madame Leota projection.

Coming into the HM Room from the hallway..................................HM Plaque on right and mirror on left reflecting Stretching Room Portrait....Bookcase with collectibles.

Motorized 92" projection screen for viewing HM ride through and movies....Stretching Room tapestries and entry door with Dead End sign.

Stretching room Stained Glass Plaques #1, 2 and3.

Plaque changes on the entrance posts................................................................................................Wreath on the door.......Jack looks like this now....But, he will look like this soon.

As of 11-22-09 Jack has his Sandy Claws pants and fur topped leather boots.........my wife has made the pattern for the jacket.....12-01-09 and here he is!

Complete with real leather belt and brass buckle.................................................................................................................Happy Holidays everyone!!