What should I write on my walls ?

[AlCalavicci]

No , I dont mean things like Live Love Life etc , each to their own but thats really not my thing .

I am in the very long proccess of redecorating , so I am stripping wall paper off .
I all of my old houses there have been little notes under the wall paper 'such and such lives here from x date '
But other than a few decoraters marks and mesurements their is nothing in this house .
So I am going to write somthing like Al moved in to this house on x and did this decorating on , , , today / tomorrows date .

What else can I write ?

What have you found wrote under wall papper ?

@LadyJaye, hmm I may try to do this when I replace the bedroom carpets , but I will put my the news paper that was printed on my birthday in there and lave a note saying on this day it was my birthday and this is what happened .

@AlCalavicci
You know me very well!

But of course put your user name if you write anything about MN...or maybe not! It would be outing
I love the little man walking up the steps idea...and I also love your idea of putting up a mural.
My DH is going to be so jealous...He loves murals!

@Sweetpea1532

If I do write anything about MN in chalk and the new occupants look me up they are going to wonder which room was the padded one .

For those of you wondering what me and sweet pea are talking about when you have got plenty of time and want a laugh read this

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/4204886-AIBU-to-let-my-children-chalk-on-the-road-Neighbour-washed-it-all-away?pg=1

@AlCalavicci
Thanks for the chalking fun memories....padded room indeed! I've tried to share the chalking thread experience to no avail...everyone just stares at me with a blank look on their face and thinks I'm nuts whilst I laugh my head off😂....maybe , its one of those " you had to be there" moments....it WAS before we were all set free after all..such a strange time.

@AlCalavicci

Hahahalol! Just went to the chalking thread...I didn't realise the kookyness started by the 5th post .....with 995 more to get to 1000!...no wonder we had so much fun with the craziness😂

A shopping list featuring Naice Ham.

@AlCalavicci

Chop chop! You've not told me the other things you've written that were to blurry for me to read. (In your photo)
I'm dying of curiosity over here time's awasting, AL

A friend once had a classic:

Dave I've gone out for more paste, will finish job tonite. Scraggs came for a ten bag he's waiting at his place for you. Hurry mate, he's fucking cluckin his nuts off.

We found a castle

@speakout beat me to it.

How old is the house?

Romans go home / Romani ite domum

Votes for Women

Maggie Maggie Maggie, out out out.

Or as you are going to leave something under the carpet maybe a clue to that, "there is a treasure under the carpet - guess which room then write a number. Then when you put something under the carpet refer it back to the wall something like, "you are only welcome to open this if you know the numbers behind the wall paper".

Crossword or quiz clues with the answers on a different wall.

We just write our names, ages, the date of the decorating and maybe a small message. Eg , our oldest wrote the name of their favourite band, youngest wrote come on football team.

I recommend reading Diary by Chuck Palahniuk and taking some tips from that - bonus points if you can make one of the rooms disappear 😬

I wrote all over my wall when I was 16 and decorating my room. Song lyrics, quotes, messages from friends. A full on graffiti wall. When I moved out my dad stripped the paper and repainted it. I was gutted.

@speakout

"SALLY SPARROW DUCK NOW"

Love this!

I did a small family tree of our immediate family under the wallpaper in my parents'home. With their permission of course!!

Our old house had the outline of a pair of decorating scissors and 'Jim Smith 1959' under the paper, presumably the painter.

My Dad found a wall sized drawing of Mickey Mouse when I was a kid which was very exciting for 6 year old me. We wrote our names and when we found it then he very carefully covered it up again.

I’m having my kitchen done soon and will have a funny gap behind the cupboards in one corner. I’m thinking about leaving a plastic skeleton in there for the next people to find.

@Sweetpea1532 , eek sorry ( stupid long shifts at work )
ok so fat I have wrote , from top to bottom
So ya didnt like my wall paper huh .
The picture you just took down cost me £60
To much sex gives you double vision
Lock down decorating almost finished 04/07/21
I have lived in this house since . . . . < need to find the date we moved in , its been a very happy home
A pint of cider cost about £2.80
A case of 18 cans of strongbow cost £11
petrol is 127.1 per litre

not on the photo
A tin of Heinz baked beans cost 85p

and all the names and ages of the pets that have / do live here

What else should I write ?

@Cavalierqueen

A friend once had a classic:

Dave I've gone out for more paste, will finish job tonite. Scraggs came for a ten bag he's waiting at his place for you. Hurry mate, he's fucking cluckin his nuts off.

I would love to know what he was talking about

@EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall
ooh I like the castle , I guess that it must of been a little girls bedroom .

Write “The diamonds are in the” and then make it look like the last word has been somehow removed or destroyed or the writer had a conniption before they could finish the sentence.

[quote sashh]@speakout beat me to it.

How old is the house?

Romans go home / Romani ite domum

Votes for Women

Maggie Maggie Maggie, out out out.

Or as you are going to leave something under the carpet maybe a clue to that, "there is a treasure under the carpet - guess which room then write a number. Then when you put something under the carpet refer it back to the wall something like, "you are only welcome to open this if you know the numbers behind the wall paper".

Crossword or quiz clues with the answers on a different wall.[/quote]

waves

Should I put that history or is it to depressing for a new home owner ???

I do like the idea of a treasure trail , I have done most of my decorating now so wont be stripping anymore wall paper of foe a while but if / when i get round to doing the bedrooms I will lay a trail and draw a map .
It is a shame I dont have a garden ( only a flagged yard ) or I would burry something out there too

I've just popped a note under my brand new bath. It started: you are ripping out my lovely new bathroom!

I've detailed how much it's cost, average house price and average wage, the names of the tradesmen, and our names too. And a bit about the date and COVID-19 etc.

My plumber "John Smith" popped it under the bath for me and asked what it was I said it's a note saying "if you're reading this I've got a leak! Blame John Smith"