Removing textured “popcorn” ceilings is a time-consuming and messy task, but with a lot of elbow grease, smooth ceilings are within reach. Step 1: For ceilings installed prior to 1980, purchase an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Popcorn ceiling in a house From the 1950s through the ’80s, the ceilings in many new homes were finished with a rough, stippled ...

Popcorn ceilings can make a home feel dated and dingy, but this removal method isn't the best way to return your ceilings to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Ellie Schiltz/Getty Images Though they were once the height of fashion, these days, many are wondering how to remove ...

Popcorn ceilings are ugly and drab, but ubiquitous in homes built from the 50's through the 80's. Here is a simple solution to remove this unwanted feature. Popcorn ceiling is a spray-on ceiling ...

Q: Our home was built in 1970 and has a textured ceiling and paneled walls in the living room. We started to remove the paneling, which caused some of the ceiling texture to be scraped off. It then ...

Americans have a love-hate relationship with popcorn ceilings. Contractors like them because they’re easy to install with a sprayer and they hide imperfections. But homeowners loathe the cottage ...

Q. The ceilings throughout our house are a rough textured surface. I think they're made by spraying a heavy textured material over the drywall ceiling construction. We would prefer a smoother ceiling.

Before you start removing the old popcorn texture, do a simple scrape test in a small area of the ceiling. First, try scraping a dry area of the ceiling with your drywall knife. If the popcorn texture ...

Though they were once the height of fashion, these days, many are wondering how to remove popcorn ceilings. In the middle of the 20th century, the textured feature perched above living rooms around ...