We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Popcorn ceilings were popular back in the 1950s to 1980s, when they became a cheap and easy way to hide imperfections on drywall. This ...

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In July 1977, the federal government did not ban popcorn ceilings. That’s the part almost nobody remembers correctly. What the Consumer Product Safety Commission actually proposed that summer was ...