3D Megadoodoo posted:

They're cool and good.

um excuse me posted:

Tell that to the bullshit falling off my ceiling in chunks.

Brawnfire posted:

The worst were the people who went into already low-ceilinged basements and said "you know what would go great in here? A drop ceiling."

Badger of Basra posted:

people who put drop ceilings in their house are baffling to me, why would you want to make it look like an office

Youth Decay posted:

The Zillow search term of the day is "25 Riverside Drive, New York, NY, 10023". An entire post for one incredible Manhattan mansion. It can be yours for $65 million.

Youth Decay posted:

The Zillow search term of the day is "25 Riverside Drive, New York, NY, 10023". An entire post for one incredible Manhattan mansion. It can be yours for $65 million.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/25-Riverside-Dr-New-York-NY-10023/143131834_zpid/


love to remind myself of the horrors of colonialism every time I look at my fireplace





it's got a kosher kitchen




master bathroom #1

master bathroom #2 (yes there are two of them just for the master suite)

SkyeAuroline posted:

I actually really like that tea shop house for some reason. That said, at 365k for 6k square feet, I feel like there has to be something wrong with it. (Possibly including the location, I only know little bits of Ohio.)

Youth Decay posted:

horribly unflattering photo

Youth Decay posted:

The Zillow search term of the day is "louver". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louver can be on the inside or outside of the home

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1573-Kings-Landing-Rd-Hampstead-NC-28443/102136391_zpid/ $2.5 million of 1957 waterfront B R O W N

MetaJew posted:

That's exactly how it works ASSUMING the ceiling has never been painted. Now, I have a friend who removed all the popcorn ceilings from his painted ceiling, and he told me you just had to let the water soak a lot longer and it still worked.

But yeah, what I did was this:
1) Hang plastic sheeting around the perimeter of the room, and then covered the floor in plastic sheeting.
2) Using one of those garden sprayers with the hand pump, fill it with water and spray the ceiling.
3) Let the popcorn soak in the water for a few minutes
4) Take a 6" or 10" drywall knife and scrape it off. If the ceiling was not painted, the popcorn texture should come off the ceiling like you're cutting through a soft cheese.
4a) If it doesn't come off in some spots, spray it with a little more water.
4b) Be careful around tape joints and corners. You might damage the tape or have to redo some drywall tape that's damaged in the process.
5) Fix any damaged tape, patch any holes or other problem areas

If you were good about the plastic sheeting. Hopefully all of the popcorn and dust landed on it, and you can roll it up and throw it away and have minimal filth leftover.

Then you have two options, like I said. If the drywall is in good shape -- fairly flat with no major defects, you should be at a level 4 finish where nails/screws are mudded and joints are taped and mudded. If that's the case, you may be able to get away with using Zinsser Gardz to seal the entirety of the ceiling and then paint with a good, very flat ceiling paint.

If the ceiling is not in good shape, or you're a masochist with really strong shoulders, and you want to do a level 5 finish you can find various videos online on how to achieve that. The way I did it is as follows

1) Take a big bucket of all purpose joint compound, add in just enough water and mix it with a mixing paddle where you reach a "pancake batter" consistency
2) Using a 9" paint roller, dip the roller in and apply the joint compound to the ceiling in an area you feel comfortable with. Maybe 4 ft x 4ft.
3) Take a drywall knife of whatever size you're comfortable with. 10" gets more surface area, but 6" is better for corners. Drag the knife across the compound leaving a very thin layer behind on the ceiling and feather each pass to avoid leaving ridges.
4) Let it dry overnight, knock down ridges, sand, and repeat once or twice more until you're satisfied.

Then you would seal with Gardz and paint as normal. The major point I learned was that you want to use a high quality sealer that prevents the joint compound and drywall from absorbing the paint. This is how you avoid having the joint compound and tape flash through the paint-- and you also use less paint because the paint dries on the surface.

It absolutely sucked to do, but if paying someone else is way out of budget it can be done. My advice would be to rent a drywall sander that hooks up to a HEPA filter/vacuum as that would heavily cut down on the dust and possibly make sanding the ceiling easier.

Anyway, here are some photos to try and give an idea of before/after. I have 8 ft ceilings, so getting rid of the popcorn and replacing all of the ceiling fan lights with recessed lights makes the house feel a lot more spacious than it did when I bought it.

Zamboni Rodeo posted:

I really, really want to know what that pit-looking dropoff without a railing around it down in the lower right is all about. None of the rest of the pics in the listing show it.

Shuu posted:

This thread is not helping my obsession with wood plank ceilings (and the desire to replace my popcorn ceilings with them.)

Facebook Aunt posted:

Just build a shack, like the ancestors. Ancestors who spent generations developing various materials so they wouldn't need to have wood plank ceilings anymore.

Imagine what our ancestors would think of people deliberately going out of their way to find old barn wood to put in their houses, lol.

Youth Decay posted:

Popcorn ceilings were not an improvement on wood planks.

Youth Decay posted:

the listing is touting the fact that you can look out the window of your house to see a much cooler octagon house across the street

Youth Decay posted:

Shuu posted:

So I may have gone in the exact opposite direction of /r/DIY couple. I really like colors.

I have no interior design background but every designer in Austin seems to only be accepting $100k+ projects, and I bought a not-so-charmingly 70s house that smells slightly weird, so the last couple of months have been back-to-back one room challenges. My logic: I can probably gently caress this up a few times and gut it all again for <100k!

Before/afters, please ignore the puppy toy fluff that consumes my life:









Popcorn ceilings are staying for now since it's expensive/disruptive to get them removed, and we're looking at raising the ceilings anyways.

actionjackson posted:

why is that couch there