No clue but it is relatively easy to do with no large priced items to purchase so it can't be too bad. Call a few different companies and get them in for quotes would be your best bet.

You are going to need some drop cloths - cause this will be a mess. You can remove the wall paper and clean the walls with TSP - lets say that cost $150. Then you have to spray the popcorn ceiling with a spray bottle of water and scrape that off. Then you need to sand the walls / ceiling to remove the dings, and fill with some spackle - another $100. You will need paint - rollers - brushes - blue tape . another $200. So I say you should be looking at about $450 to refinish the dining room.

Depends at least on whether you have a true popcorn ceiling - which can be scraped off when wet, or if you have a stipple ceiling like we had throughout our living areas which was done with drywall mud. We ended up having to suck all the blown in insulation out of the attic, pulled down the entire ceiling, had it replaced with new drywall, and then the insulation was replaced. Not cheap at all. But so worth it!

All of the things you are asking about, I have done in multiple rooms. It is so easy (but time consuming) that I cannot imagine hiring someone to do it.

numbersjunkie, why didn't you just add another layer of drywall over top of your textured ceiling? It would have been easier and cheaper and cleaner!

You don't mention curtains. I paid over $5000 last year for curtains for one window and a pair of french doors.

We have done several dinning room renovation projects and it all matters on what you need done. I will give a range of $3750 - $8570 as a good estimate and here is why.

1. ceiling popcorn ceiling removal

2. Painting the dinning room

3. new flooring options (only the flooring can bring up the cost depending on materials)

4. built in cabinets

5. We even did a hidden door/bookcase from the bedroom to the dinning area. (weird layout)

In Los Angeles, CA | People pay for professional workmanship a bit extra. Handyman can do the job but who knows if something goes wrong.

Often, instead of removing wallpaper/popcorn, the less time consuming, easier remedy is to install new sheet rock over the old, leaving the wallpaper in place. That may sound like a lot more work, but when the pitfalls of removing those two items are considered, the overlay can take much less time and money.

Example: Popcorn was used because the ceiling could be done with one mudding/taping/sanding. So, when removed, at least two taping applications will be necessary to get a smooth surface. Then prime and paint. Installing new sheetrock over the old popcorn means no messy removal, the same three applications of mud/tape/sanding, priming, and painting. What is missing is a day or two of mess.

Removing old wall paper can take several days. And destroy the surface of the sheetrock it covers. And have to dissolve the glue and remove.

You could hire the installation done and it should take a day for most normally sized rooms. If the crew uses fast drying (hot) mud, the taping can also be done in a day. Two days and it is ready to prime and paint. The only gotcha is extending electrical outlets/switches and window/door trim to be flush with the new surfaces, which can be a DIY project.