Hello, I'm new here. I've been reading through the old posts and have found the information very helpful. We are not the handiest people in the world, but are going to try to do some DIY now! My husband and I are moving into our first house in a month. It's a 100 year old brick rowhouse. There is some very outdated wallpaper throughout, which we plan to remove. There is also some flaking on the trim, especially around the windows. New windows have been installed. We can live with the wallpaper for the time being, until we've figured out how we want to move forward on colors, etc. We cannot, however, live with flaking paint on the trim. The house is 100 years old and we have a one-year-old who already has an elevated lead level from our current apartment. So lead paint exposure is an absolute non-option. So my questions are: 1) Can we paint the trim now (or have someone with lead paint experience come in to prep and paint) and then remove the wallpaper later, painting the walls then? Do we really need to do the walls followed by the trim, in that order? We don't feel like we can jump in to make all the major decisions of colors right off the bat. Also I would like to do the wallpaper removal myself rather than pay someone to do it. Is it going to be a disaster if we have beautifully professionally painted trim, then we plunge into prepping and painting the walls ourself? 2) As an alternative, we could, have a pro come in to do all the wallpaper removal, and prep and paint the walls and do a primer coat, and do the trim and leave it open for our color choices a few weeks later? I'm thinking this would give us the safety we are looking for, allow us to ponder our color choices for a bit, and get the scraping/skimming/plaster repair work that might need to be done, done prior to moving in. Thoughts? Thanks to you all and pardon the long post :)

Can someone help. I recently painted my bathroom with a semi-gloss, water based paint and let it dry a few days. I notice that whenever someone takes a shower, the paint starts smelling foul and if you rub your hand on the wall, the paint comes off. Has anyone experienced this before? What should I do? thanks!!