Most people associate gypsum ceiling tiles with the ugly drop ceilings of the 60, 70s, and 80s, which usually consisted of lightweight square tiles set into a metal framework. More recently, interior ...

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

Q–I have a large room that I would like to paint. The walls had two layers of wallpaper over unsized gypsum board. The top layer of paper came off fairly easily, but the other, which is textured, is ...