Removing textured ceiling

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

Removing our outdated "stomped" ceiling

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 ...

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

You can remove popcorn ceilings yourself, but be sure you are prepared. There might be more steps than you realize. Learn from my experience!

Today, in installation 2 of our Living Room Makeover series (check out our Demo Day(s) post for installation 1), I want to talk with you about a very serious matter. If you’ve been here a while, you already know it’s near and dear to my heart: texture. Specifically, ceiling texture. My dad and I can … Continue reading "How to Remove Stippled Ceiling Texture"

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…

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…

Removing a popcorn ceiling can be messy and time-consuming, but the right techniques and tools can help you make quick work of this otherwise tedious task.