Q: We had a kitchen addition put on our home about 10 years ago. Decisions were made that now have us slapping our foreheads. My wife wanted a smooth ceiling with no texture whatsoever, which is ...

Do the scrape test Before you start removing the old popcorn texture, do a simple scrape test in a small area of the ceiling.

Are you renovating your home and thinking about what to do with the ceilings? If your ceilings have texture, you may wonder whether they are popcorn ceilings or another finish entirely. There is a ...

Do you get the feeling it’s 1975 when you walk into your house? The gold swag lamps and the mirror-tiled walls were replaced ages ago, but when you look up, are you in the disco era? It’s those ...

Popcorn is great for movies — not so much any more for ceiling finishes. Popcorn ceilings and their siblings, also known as textured ceilings, were a must-have fad that started in the in the 1960s and ...

Christopher Disilvestro, 47, had lived with it long enough, 14 years to be exact. Last weekend, he decided it was time for it to go. Some people refer to it as "plastered ceilings." Disilvestro has a ...