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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. These days, it's becoming much less common to see a popcorn ceiling, though there are still some out there. Popcorn ceilings were popular from ...

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 ...

Popcorn ceilings, though they were quite popular from the 1940s to the 1990s, are rather polarizing today. The textured design that once brought extra character to a space now feels dated to many. So, ...

Popcorn ceilings, the once-ubiquitous ceiling texture from the '80s and '90s, are now frequently seen as outdated and undesirable. Almost all homeowners hate their popcorn ceilings, but removing them ...

Q. My home has textured ceilings in the living room and bedrooms, and the material has tested positive for asbestos. A home inspector I know says he removed his asbestos ceilings by himself and that ...

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 ...

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.

A close-up image of a popcorn ceiling with a round lighting fixture - MC Media/Shutterstock Popcorn ceilings, though they were quite popular from the 1940s to the 1990s, are rather polarizing today.

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 ...