Thorns and (finally!) The Dining Room

Before quitting Friday, decided that the thorns needed a background color: the white was not working with all that red. I really love working with gouache.
Saturday, got up bright and early and started stripping the undisputably cheery, but nevertheless awful, yellow wallpaper in the dining room.
Only to find infinitely more hideous wallpaper underneath.

Can you imagine living with this?
Today must pick out REDS....