How to remove textured ceiling

How to remove a textured ceiling. Stippled ceiling to smooth ceiling.

A DIY tutorial for how to remove popcorn ceiling (or "stomped" ceiling, or other texture)

We want to get rid of the texture on our ceiling. It's a very ugly stipple effect. However, there's a foot and a half of insulation over this ceiling. Knocking it down to install new drywall is ...

The thing about big long home renovation projects is that they defy the space-time continuum. How could skim coating a ceiling take most of a week?

Our specific variety of textured ceiling has a few names: crows feet, stomp texture, slap brush, and panda paw. Don't those all sound exciting and fun? THEY'RE NOT!!! We have ceilings like this all over our home. The texture is so dimensional that we jokingly call them stalactites. Mostly I hate them because they collect dust and create shadows on the ceiling. See how dark the ceiling looks in that first photo? Everyone we talked to said they're very hard to remove completely (they're…

Want to remove texture or "popcorn" from your ceilings to create a brighter, more open and modern feel? I have done it quite a few times and I have found, by far, the easiest way to do it. UncookieCutter.com

Ready to get rid of that popcorn ceiling? Let me show you how to remove popcorn ceilings and how not to - learn from my mistakes, y'all.

Removing our outdated "stomped" ceiling

Smooth over that old ceiling is easy.

Somehow I did not notice the stomp ceilings when we first moved into this house. As soon as I finally did notice them, I began to despise them. They do not bother Erich at all but they have become super offensive to me. When I began to research how to remove them, I soon discovered that I was searching for the wrong term - I was looking for 'popcorn ceiling' removal techniques. While popcorn ceiling is not fun to remove, it is easier to remove than stomp ceilings. Popcorn ceiling will come…