Q. We recently purchased an older home which is basically in good condition, but needs paint, a new roof and minor plumbing repairs. We cannot afford to hire professionals, so we are undertaking ...

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 ...

Dear Henri: I just bought and moved into a cute little house with only one problem: It has textured ceilings with patches missing here and there. I think they call it popcorn. A painter gave me a huge ...

Mark repoints a fieldstone foundation; Mauro smooths over a textured ceiling. Mark repoints a crumbling fieldstone foundation and shares an important lesson about water management on the outside of ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Popcorn ceilings, the once-ubiquitous ceiling texture from the '80s and '90s, are now frequently seen as outdated and undesirable. Almost all ...

Flaking and cracking plaster are relatively minor maintenance items, but when the plaster starts to sag or "belly" out from a ceiling, it indicates deeper problems that require your full attention If ...