Width Options• The thicker the width, the quicker the installation process.

Attempt to patch it or skim coat it?

This was my wife and my first serious Cashflow investment.We put a fresh coat of paint over the ‘80s style avocado walls.

It is likely too late at this point, but for future reference, it would be much better to lose the popcorn ceilings and do a smooth skim coat or even a light texture on the drywall for the ceilings.I'm not a fan of the yellowish looking paint (although it may be nicer in person than on screen/photos) and the two colors in the bedroom don't flow well.

The person who owned the house previously (and apparently tried to flip it.....I think.....) used that very thin, plastic coated panel board for the ceiling.

I also do not stain my hard wood floors, but instead I put three coats of polyurethane on natural hard wood.

Also, I would dig up all around the outside and have the blocks cleans and coated with something like Rub-r-Wall.

Thank you for speaking truth and not sugar-coating.

The focal point there is an old stone fireplace which we just had sandblasted today.  100 years of crud and soot is now gone, but the stones look faded.I'm guessing that there's some sort of coating we could apply to bring back the original color in the granite, but I don't know what that would be.Any ideas?  

We've always been able to get rid of ANY odor, eventually, no matter how bad, even if it meant refinishing floors with six coats of poly with vinyl flooring over it!