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.

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 ...

Start with good tools. A strong ladder, the right tape and ergonomic brushes. Popcorn ceilings? No problem. You don’t have to scrape and skim coat them if your time and budget won’t allow. A matte ...