Covering plaster ceilings

Emily and Shane hated their textured ceilings, but felt stuck with them because they weren’t ready to deal with the mess and trauma of drywalling. Finally, they just couldn’t take any more of those ceilings, “staring down at us,” so they took a gamble on another option, and boy, did it pay off. They covered it with beadboard! What a great way to give the ceiling a beautifully coffered look with surprisingly little effort and money.

<p>General contractor Tom Silva saves a cracked plaster ceiling with some tried-and-true repair techniques. </p>

Today I am sharing how to install a beadboard ceiling! This DIY project is one of my favorite features in our boy's new bedroom!

Updating popcorn ceilings in older homes can be a challenge but covering them up is an easy solution! This week, I’m sharing 8 smart DIY popcorn ceiling cover-up ideas that will give your home a fresh, modern look. These affordable popcorn ceiling makeover ideas include pressed tin ceiling, beadboard ceiling, wood paneling ceiling, and wallpaper ceiling, making it easy to transform your space. Home décor tips, DIY home décor ideas

If you live in a house with lath and plaster ceilings, make sure you understand how they are constructed and the steps to take to deal with damage

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…

What an easy and relatively inexpensive way to cover up the 80's popcorn ceiling . No mess no scraping. Just glue up ( we used cheap caulk for the adhesive) The…

Looking for a BEAUTIFUL way to cover a textured ceiling? Here's how to install shiplap on a ceiling to get a custom look you'll LOVE!

Worried about artex asbestos? Looking for a DIY to smooth a textured ceiling artex / popcorn ceiling? Use this skimming tutorial

Create an Awesome Ceiling with Plaster Stencils | Walls Stencils, Plaster Stencils, Painting Stencils, Plaster Molds

14 Ways to Cover a Hideous Ceiling

No need for the mess of removing your popcorn ceiling. Simply cover it up with these boards

There are many ways to cover an unsightly ceiling—here are 11 ceiling coverup ideas to consider.

Lath and plaster were first used to finish interior ceilings and walls from the 18th century to the mid-1900s before modern gypsum plasterboarding and plastering took over.

How to remove popcorn texture from ceilings

After you got past the horrific glare of the very pink foam insulation covered walls (and that EVERY THING was covered in spray foam) the next worst was probabl…

I replaced my ugly drop-down ceiling with Ceilume ceiling tiles in bronze. This was so easy! Let me show you the process!

Many homes from the previous century, especially those built between the 1950s and 1980s, feature a popcorn ceiling. Nevertheless, in the 1990s, popcorn ceilings’ popularity decreased dramatically, for several reasons. So for many homeowners, particularly when moving into a new home, finding a cheap way to cover popcorn ceiling is a priority.

Easy to do! Saw this online as a wall treatment, and figured it was the perfect fix for my unevenly textured ceilings in my family/kitchen/nook rooms. I made a video of the journey, mistakes and …

DIY -- Knock down plaster (ultra lightweight drywall compound) applied and ready for light sanding. I did the aged plaster in my old home. I liked it, and am doing it here. It's not hard to do, just takes a bit of time. Very forgiving, hides a lot of "sins", can use to cover unsightly paneling.