Cedar wall paper.

In one of the closets in the old house, there was cedar wallpaper. I think that this is one of many things that seemed like a good idea at the time. I believe that when the wallpaper was originally installed it was supposed to look like cedar and smell like cedar. After many years it just smells musty and looks like red wallpaper. I spent the weekend working in a small closet, stripping the wallpaper.

It's a little hard to get a good picture of the inside of a closet, but I think you can get the idea.
This is the before picture.


Here is the after. Now I will patch the walls, paint and build new shelves.