{"id":153,"date":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/drywall-textures-and-styles"},"modified":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","slug":"drywall-textures-and-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/home-tips\/design-ideas\/drywall-textures-and-styles\/","title":{"rendered":"Drywall Textures and Styles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two basic drywall finish styles: smooth and textured.<\/p>\n<p>Textured finishes range from light to medium and heavy, with both simple and complex textures. There are two types of smooth wall finish: smooth for wallpaper and smooth for paint (smooth for paint leaves a slight pebble finish).<\/p>\n<p>Most people elect to keep their walls unfinished in garages, storage and other work areas.<\/p>\n<p>A sprayed drywall texture is the most popular application method today. It uses less labor and isn&#8217;t as costly as hand-applied finishes.<\/p>\n<p>Fine to coarse grades of texture can be sprayed. The texture is made coarser by adding textured granules (of foam, for instance) to the drywall compound or paint.<\/p>\n<p>If you are matching existing drywall and having it professionally installed, it&#8217;s important to let your service professional know the size and texture type so a more accurate estimate can be delivered.<\/p>\n<p>While metal studs make for stronger, straighter frames, wooden studs are America&#8217;s most popular way to frame. Kiln dried studs have all the moisture removed before they are used so they stay straight. Untreated lumber will warp as it ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two basic drywall finish styles: smooth and textured. Textured finishes range from light to medium and heavy, with both simple and complex textures. There are two types of smooth wall finish: smooth for wallpaper and smooth for paint (smooth for paint leaves a slight pebble finish). Most people elect to keep their walls &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design-ideas","category-walls-ceilings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}