Achieved by spraying, troweling, or rolling drywall compound onto your walls and then "knocking it down" with a knockdown knife, this texture originated in the early 1990s. While the texture's ...
It's a pretty common scenario on the home improvement scene: You've removed some wallpaper or wainscoting, or you've relocated a door or a window, or maybe you've just repaired same drywall damage ...
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How to remove a popcorn ceiling

Do the scrape test Before you start removing the old popcorn texture, do a simple scrape test in a small area of the ceiling.