“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.” Pablo Picasso Pablo, meet Paolo. One hell of a destroyer. It’s Day 73 and dare I say we’re ready to create. Ladies & gents, pay your respects, the popcorn ceiling’s gone. Done. We’re stepping out of dingy darkness, striding towards bright light. 1-2-3 O’Clock, [...]
Don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone? Thank god. Rounding the corner into the light, we were nearly shrieking for joy. In one clear pass, a hatchet job at the popcorn ceiling, we leapt from dead grey to bright white. An instant before/after. See? It’s OMG unbelievable. To celebrate, we headed from bad to [...]
Who needs ice? A hotel popcorn machine – the old-fashioned kind on wheels – far exceeds any creepy stairwell ice maker. I once stayed in a hotel with this glorious contraption in its lobby – stop by, fill up a quaint paper bag and return to HBO satisfied. Don’t mind if I do. Gluttonous schemes [...]
I return from the fray (removing our ugly bedroom‘s popcorn ceiling) with gifts, tips and good news: turns out, I’m a spackling god. Care to join me in the league of the gifted? Read on, as I share my rockstar spackling tips: What’s spackling? Many Canadians also call it ‘skim coating’. As in “skim coating a [...]
I made a big fuss about why we had to remove our popcorn ceilings. I hated them; they had to go. Well, they’re gone. Can you be proud of a ceiling? Oh yes, you can. I’ve never subscribed to a project so big – not for a long time. Our blog addictions, home show favourites and [...]
Until this week, my ugly bedroom had a grotesque, bumpy scar-fest of popcorn ceiling. We’ve told you why we’re removing it, but little in terms of entrenched reporting. Turns out, popcorn’s a pig of a job – very, very, very dusty. After trying a few methods, we figured out how to remove our popcorn ceiling: the stipple proved most willing to [...]
Today was meant to be doomsday: destroying our popcorn ceilings. So it was either very smart or very stupid to Google “asbestos in popcorn ceilings” as the last act before climbing our ladder with a spray gun and putty knife. Each of the 5+ sources said over and over: If your building is older than 1978, be [...]
(23 days to possession… and dreaming of popcorn ceilings) Why? Because I hate them – and have gathered compelling popcorn-destroying evidence. Little gremlins live up there, casting shadows over every half centimetre. Who ever thought, “Hey, let’s invite half a billion shadows to rain down indoors, while it’s raining half the year outdoors?” Why remove a popcorn [...]
