I have a kitchen that has an ugly texture sprayed on paint. Origianlly I wanted to make smooth walls but I've gotten in over my head. I started scraping, then tried paint thinner, sanding, etc. and its taking forever and damaging the drywall paper. I've compounded over the drywall in damaged areas but I'm getting nowhere. I now realize that I don't mind texture, I just hate what's on there. Its been painted with a semi-gloss paint and I think it would be much easier just to texture over it. I'm unsure about how to prep it though. Can I compound over the painted texture, then put a pretty texture on the compound and then paint? Should I prime the wall now before compounding and then prime again over the pretty texture before final paint coat? Use a solvent primer? I will do the ceilings too, as I have removed the popcorn. The ceilings are bare to the drywall and joint compound. Should I prime that too before texturing? Thanks a million to anyone who can help!

I've just removed wallpaper from one bedroom in our 1950's ranch. The walls are plaster and were painted the most delightful shade of dark puple :o. The steamer cause some of this paint to bubble up and chip when I was scraping off paper. Now I'm ready to paint, I've washed the walls and gotten all the glue off. My question is will sanding with 220 grit paper smooth out all these chipped areas so I can paint? And, are light colors or dark colors most likely to show imprefections in the wall? My guess is light colors are more forgiving but I'm just guessing. Thanks for any help!