Inexpensive Way To Cover Popcorn Ceiling

What an easy and relatively inexpensive way to cover up the 80 s popcorn ceiling.

Inexpensive way to cover popcorn ceiling.

All you have to do is paint them any color you want and glue them up there. Beadboard panels are an efficient economical way to get that popular tongue and groove porchy look to cover up an unattractive ceiling. Just glue up we used cheap caulk for the adhesive these ultra lite tiles made of recycled styrofoam are easy to cut and can be painted it would have cost around 1200 to have the old ceiling scraped down and another 1200 to have it refinished and painted. Figured i would still have to paint but it alleviated the need for primer.

Thanks for sharing this. They come with the patterns already embossed on them and are super light. And with the planks that we used it was relatively cheap since they cost around 1 per square foot. That s why covering up a popcorn ceiling may be the best option.

For the homeowner textured ceilings come with many drawbacks. One of our favorite ideas for this material is covering popcorn ceiling with beadboard. Compare wood and vinyl options and choose the one that best suits your budget and diy aspirations. I had them cut in 4 lengths rather than 8.

Which means they are super easy to install. They are cobweb magnets and are hard to clean and difficult to paint and they reduce the ambient natural light in a room. I spent around 600 total. For the dormer bedroom redesign we decided that the easiest way to cover a popcorn ceiling would be with planks.

You also have to be extra cautious if the ceilings were popcorned before 1979 because of the risk of asbestos. No mess no scraping. I went to home depot to get my hardboard and found they had it in white.