I'm sorry I don't know about the shops in England, I know only Japanese ones.

Thanks for your visit.
Merry Christmas!

You’re right. I should have considered that before I started to have my dog… I was concentrated on dog too much, and disregarded the environmental things.

@Walter,

Ahaha… It’s that simple! No trick!
Japanese houses originally are made up from wood & paper, almost 100% natural. Things are a lot different now but as you can see in my photo, we live in kinda mixed style (Western way & original Japanese way) to make our life more comfortable. I chose to have one Japanese Tatami room because that can be used flexibly, but I regret I didn’t need that by now…

@Contamination,

I could have paid for that but I also wanted to go through the process by myself, and also save money, of course. Curtains are lot easier, just ask for a laundry! I have no idea why I chose to have it & Tatami instead of curtains & wood flooring…

@Dutchie,

Your info. is very interesting, as I’m interested in how people in other countries live and decorate their house & interior, due to my job. In Japan, we have wallpaper, too. But it’s not a paper touch. It’s coated with vinyl so that it lasts longer like 10 years or more. Also usually in here, it is not for us to DIY but to ask professional skilled people to remove & repaper. That means, however, we cannot change its color or design so often and so, we do not enjoy interior decorations and surroundings so much as you. You’ll see what I’m talking about once you see our way of living. Every ordinary house looks like just the same when you step inside the house. All white walls, that’s it!

BTW, it was funny you mentioned Pi-chan here. Yes, she’ll play with the snake shaped one if I had it here!

That was indeed a sticky job ! I often wondered how those paper-thin doors could keep the cold out during winter, especially for those who lives in the old-style-japanese homes ?

Here we use heavy curtains in front of the windows to keep the warmth within. Even under the doors, we hv anti-draft-rolls in the form of a long colorful snake, for example, to prevent cold air seeping in ! Of course if ur Pi-chan sees that cute “toy” , she might want to play with it – !

European homes tend to hv wallpaper which needs replacing every 5yrs or so – depending on how discolored it gets. It’s a tedious job n I hv suggested to my hubby that it might be simpler to just paint the walls bec it’s more lasting but he finds painted walls a tad too cold. So, we r still in an impasse
Anyway, stripping wallpaper will hv to wait until next summer bec steaming it off the walls will be horrific in the winter now