enigma spun a FINE 'yarn':
Lee, Stripping the hardwood floors is best done with a drum-sander, which you can rent from Lowes, RAC, etc. Pine will always yellow, and the old shellack-y stuff they used to use made it orangier/yellower than ever... there are poly's now that are water-based and guaranteed to dry CLEAR,not yellow. We prefer minwax brand for stains if your floors and trims need new colour. REMEMBER tho that if you're dealing with PINE, the samples at Lowes, Menards, Home Depot, etc are always on OAK and will come up different. As for stripping wallpater, score it, and spray it with a product called DIF. Let it sit, the surfectants' in "DIF" will help keep it wet, and the scoring will help get under the old paper. A wide putty knife will do the trick for removal. After stripping, wash the walls down with a vingar/water mix to clean up the last vestiges of the gumminess. Use a GOOOOOD primer before painting. We like Zinnser. We've also resorted to Kilz as a primer. HTH, Noreen email me offlist if you need more, we're happy to he'p!