Covering an old ceiling with new drywall is a big job—it requires basic drywall skills, heavy lifting, a serious time commitment and a major mess. But in some cases, it’s the smartest way to go. We ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Americans have a love-hate relationship with popcorn ceilings. Contractors like them because they’re easy to install with a sprayer and they hide imperfections. But homeowners ...

You can use the free graphic editing program GIMP to make patterns and textures for backgrounds in Web design and other digital projects. You can create a single tile of texture and then use GIMP's ...