That popcorn texture covering your apartment or house ceiling may be looking pretty dated these days, but be sure to read this before you start scraping.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Closeup of a painted popcorn ceiling with a light fixture - MC Media/Shutterstock If you own an older home, chances are you've ...

Q: Our home was built in 1970 and has a textured ceiling and paneled walls in the living room. We started to remove the old paneling, but this caused some of the ceiling texture to be scraped off.