Q. We live in a town home that is 32 years old, and all ceilings (except bathrooms) have popcorn ceilings. We have several cracks in these ceilings along the taping lines. Please advise as to how to ...

Popcorn ceilings might be an exception. This textured finish, which had its heyday in the ‘60s and ‘70s, gives basement rec ...

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The venerable American designer Albert Hadley advised that “ceilings must always be considered. They are the most neglected surface in a room.” Hadley, who in his 70s, covered his own living room ...

When designer Bess Jones suggested that Barbara Mattox paint the recessed ceilings in her Paradise Valley home, she didn’t hesitate. “It absolutely changed the whole feeling of the house,” says Mattox ...