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 ...

If the small area of your ceiling tests positive for asbestos, call in a professional who is licensed in asbestos abatement to remove the texture or cover the entire ceiling with paneling or drywall. ...

Textured popcorn ceilings were somehow popular back in the 1960s and '70s, and surprisingly they’re still being applied today, especially in condominium complexes. The problem is people don’t seem to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Everybody loves popcorn with a movie. Nobody wants popcorn on their ceilings. Like cork walls, mirror tiles and avocado- green shag carpet, acoustic 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 old paneling, but this caused some of the ceiling texture to be scraped off.

Removing a popcorn ceiling costs about $900 to $3,000, depending on the ceiling condition, square footage and how you choose to resurface it. Removing a popcorn ceiling typically costs about $2,000, ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Much to the relief of homeowners everywhere, some bold and bizarre home design trends from the past (like avocado-colored bathrooms ... what?) can be easily updated. Yet for owners or prospective ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Achieved by spraying, troweling, or rolling drywall compound onto your walls and then "knocking it down" with a knockdown knife, ...

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 ...

HGTV star Jonathan Scott has faced a lot of popcorn ceilings over the years. In one 1968 home he renovated for a young couple on "Property Brothers: Forever Home," he had to budget $10,000 to remove ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you renovating your home and thinking about what to do with the ceilings? If your ceilings have texture, you may wonder ...