Textured ceilings have long shaped how homes look and sound, but not all finishes behave the same when it comes to ...

Acoustic ceiling tiles are often favored in office spaces and commercial properties, but they're ideal for use in the home as well. They can help soundproof your ceiling for a quieter home, and this ...

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.

Do you get the feeling it’s 1975 when you walk into your house? The gold swag lamps and the mirror-tiled walls were replaced ages ago, but when you look up, are you in the disco era? It’s those ...

Q: Our home was built in 1970 and has a textured ceiling and paneled walls in the living room. We started to remove the paneling, which caused some of the ceiling texture to be scraped off. It then ...

Few things date your home more than ugly popcorn ceilings, also called stucco ceilings, but more accurately referred to as acoustic ceilings. Popcorn ceilings are bumpy with sprayed or painted on ...

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 ...

Popcorn ceilings hit their “heyday” in the 1970s and 1980s. Also known as an acoustic ceiling for its noise-dampening properties, popcorn ceilings were both an architectural choice. They made ...

Everybody loves popcorn with a movie. Nobody wants popcorn on their ceilings. Like cork walls, mirror tiles and avocado- green shag carpet, acoustic ceiling texture was all the rage in the 1970s and ...

In early 2007, the Sidwell Friends Middle School in Washington, D.C., was awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. The private school ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Popcorn ceilings may look outdated in homes today, but when they were first popularized in America during the 1950s, builders found the bumpy ...