Popcorn ceilings are not just outdated, they're also potentially dangerous. Here's one hack The Property Brothers' came up with for upgrading them.

Plaster is a big part of our lives as most surfaces inside the house are finished with it and it provides a nice, smooth surface for decorating, painting, papering, tiling and so on. When finished, ...

Q Am I right that when sections of plaster break away from the lath, an accepted repair technique is to roughly fill in those gaps with drywall and then drywall over the whole wall or ceiling? — M.H., ...

Dear James: One room has recurring cracks in the plaster ceiling. Instead of more repairs, is it wise to add a dropped tile ceiling to use it as a home theater? — Gary K. Dear Gary: Once cracks start ...