When we moved in, we thought that’ll be one of the things that has to go: the ceiling texture. This looks like someone dipped a mop in drywall mud and made spiderweb globs on the ceiling. We, however, do not have a popcorn style ceiling.
Prior to the 1980’s, popcorn texture contained asbestos and the acceptance of textured ceilings fell after that point, even though they now contain vermiculite or polystyrene. (Alternative names include: textured finish, acoustic finish, popcorn, cottage cheese, orange peel, knock down). The advantages of a ceiling texture was that it hid imperfections and helped with sound insulation (apparently). We kind-of knew what we were getting into in regard to the ceilings. In the 80’s (and before) is was easy for contractors to apply a texture on the ceiling instead of doing a nice, smooth drywall job.
