Thanks Shavonda! I hope I can tackle this beast, although I’m pretty sure I can. I always seem to figure it out somehow. I know it probably seems crazy to do so much for a corner of a bedroom, but right now I can’t even fit my nightstand back in that space. I’d love to have a proper right-angled wall ;)

It could probably make a cool something, but I just don’t know – it’s super heavy and not really that cool on close inspection.

I’m with you, Vanessa. I think I’d probably through it out in the alley, it would be picked up by a scrapper within minutes.

Hey Caroline, I thought about that when I was writing the word ‘hopefully’, but there was just no better word for it. I have no idea how big of a project this will or won’t be. All I know is that it will feel so much better in the space when it’s done, and I like adventures. My neighbor likes the look of that tank too, maybe I’ll give it to him ;)

Oh God, Daniel. It IS so exciting but so scary too! I miss having indoor projects and I love the thrill of trying to figure this out.

Okay, so your comment about approaching this thing through ceiling vs. the floor has really got me thinking, like a lot. I am obsessing actually, and I’ve barely even done anything physical to the space. The more I think about it (which has been all day now) the more I think you might be right. I have had experience with patching a ceiling with that gross horrible popcorn spray once before. Let’s just say I didn’t master the technique. I still cringe every time I looked at the patch job on my living room ceiling. I don’t know if I can put myself through the daily torment of looking at a shitty patch job every time I step foot into the dining room. However, you had a good point that someday we will drywall over the popcorn – which I have always considered doing before scraping it anyway, just didn’t know all the logistics and cost etc.

Anyways, I still need to consider these floor vs ceiling options, neither is super cool, but one has to be better than the other. Thanks for your input, I really appreciate it. I know I’ll be referencing your posts about skim coating n’ stuff when the time comes.

Also, Sorry to hear about your tank flooding and causing damage – how come those dudes didn’t have a back up plan when they went to take it out, so lame!

Hey Meredith, Interesting, I’ve never heard of this before. I’ll keep that idea in the back of my mind.

This might be a dumb question, but are you *sure* removing and patching a section of the ceiling wouldn’t be easier than removing a section of the floor? To properly remove the floor, you’d really want to take out entire boards so you don’t end up with an obvious patch when all is said and done…and removing hole boards comes with risks of damaging the boards during the removal (especially the first board) and probably some light carpentry to get them back in and looking OK, and if anything gets damaged you might need to find salvaged pieces, and…I don’t know. It seems to me like a ceiling patch and a can of that popcorn texture to make it all blend is the way to go…even if the patch doesn’t blend 100%, the popcorn is on your hit list for someday anyway. You’re never going to change the floors.

And since I’m already being so annoying already…if *I* were you, I don’t think I’d have the strength to remove popcorn ceilings, particularly throughout a whole house! That sounds no bueno. If the ceilings are solid and in good shape aside from the popcorn, I’d probably opt to 1/4″ drywall over all of it and call it a day. A crew could have that done in a few days and I’m told it’s not very expensive. If the popcorn is asbestos (which is sort of hard to determine, since it’s possible different rooms were done at different times, so some may have it and some may not, or you might end up testing a sample that was really a later repair that comes up negative even if other areas do contain asbestos…blah blah blah), hiring out new drywall will be WAY easier and cheaper and safer than abatement.

OK, I’M DONE NOW.