The Dining Room

When I get involved in a project one thing usually leads to another. This process makes the whole thing take longer but in my opinion it's usually for the best. Our dining room which is one combined area with the living room had old acoustic popcorn ceiling and a dingy white ceiling fan. I knew the ceiling fan had to go some time ago, so I removed it and purchased a beautiful yet simple chandelier. The popcorn ceiling was dirty so we decided to remove it before we finished bringing anymore furniture into the house. This again delays my table project, but like I said before... it's for the best!

This is the picture of the ceiling after we scraped off the popcorn. The project is really quite simple, the most important part is PREP, I can't stress this enough. It is best done with no furniture in the room, cover the floor completely with a plastic lined paper tarp, and go to town!

Getting it off the ceiling is easy, just soak with a garden sprayer (about $10) and use a scraper (I use a taping knife). I bought the specialized acoustic ceiling remover scraper but I was really unhappy with it, the bag you attach to it ends up getting in yo

ur way so you can't see where you're scraping.

Finally, if possible pick up everything once it has dried and you should be left with only wall clean up. I know it is recommended that you spray some knockdown texture so the ceiling looks even and to gain coverage over nail holds and drywall tape lines. I didn't have time for this, so I filled in uneven surfaces with joint compound and used a primer/paint combination to save time.

This last picture gives you a better idea of the finished project.