S/O. How do you feel about orange peel ceilings?

[monarch]

Just as bad as popcorn? Or close enough to knockdown?

Just curious!

[Deleted]

My ceilings have a light orange peel texture.
I can't even tell the difference between that and perfectly flat.
In a way I actually like the texture. Hides my painting mistakes and skips much better!
It's nowhere near as obvious as popcorn so therefore I don't care!

[lmdbww]

I've never heard of this. Is it just the texture created by the roller that you are putting the paint on with?

[tarheels]

Fine by me, but then again, popcorn doesn't offend me, so my answer probably doesn't count

Lmd, google it - it's not the same as the dimpling you get with a roller.

[emoflamingo]

Not offensive to me, but like TH&R, popcorn doesn't offend me either.

[housegeek]

Orange peel and other knock down is ok, they are usually flat and just add a little dimension, vs popcorn with is ugly and casts shadows on the ceiling.

[boiler717]

Jun 28, 2012 12:14:36 GMT -5 @crackhabit said:

When we built our house the builder had an almost $2K upcharge for doing knockdown vs. popcorn (which was included in the base price). It cannot be that much more expensive to do one over the other, especially when you're starting on a new freaking house. Any price difference has got to be nominal, yes?

Clearly, they know that people will pay for aesthetics.

That's crazy! Out builder only charged $600 to go from knockdown to smooth.

[adhdfashion]

The only people I know that don't have orange peel texture are my parents. They have venetian plaster.