Hi — I'm interested in reading the Anabasis of Alexander but many of the copies I'm finding online look a bit fringe (I want a good readable translation, not one of those sketchy Amazon ones that looks like it was printed on someone's home printer and is full of misprints). Any recs for good versions/translations?
Kind of a weird one, but we're in a Victorian and most of the walls are original plaster in pretty good condition . That being said, we've been playing around with paint but some of these walls really seem to be begging for wallpaper. It just doesn't look "right" without it.
But I have a few questions:
I see so many of your posts about homes with weird layers of previous wallpaper on them. If our walls are plaster in good shape, does that mean they never were actually wallpapered? Or did someone remove it carefully?
If we wallpaper now, will that ruin the walls? Like if we wanted them plain again could we actually remove the paper to uncover plaster, or would it just destroy the wall and pull the plaster down? (We'd be doing proper traditional paper with a professional installer, not the DIY removable stuff).
I just don't want to be in a position where we potentially end up damaging the walls and have to put up drywall or something since I love plaster. But it also feels like wallpaper would be more appropriate!