Home Improvement Ask the Carpenter: Getting rid of popcorn and swirl ceilings Ask the Carpenter’s Rob Robillard also tackles a question on shower leaks and hears a reader’s suggestion for used paint.

Ask the Carpenter: Advice on getting rid of textured ceilings, cooking odors Carpenter Rob Robillard offers tips for plastering over a swirled ceiling and for keeping out a neighbor’s cooking odors.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you renovating your home and thinking about what to do with the ceilings? If your ceilings have texture, you may wonder ...

Q. We have swirl ceilings in our home. Are they still current, or should we think about refinishing them in some way? Also, we have another piece of property with popcorn ceilings, which I know are ...