This is a spare bedroom in a basement that houses an electrical panel. We painted, installed plank linoleum flooring, replaced the light with LED and dimmer, and trimmed. This is cost effective to make a room clean and new.
It originally had stipple ceilings, common in the 1980’s that aren’t popular now, so most people request removal. We were able to use a putty knife and scrape the ceiling, and fill small imperfections with drywall mud. There are a number of things we could have done:
We opted for option 1. Finished product turned out well with lowest cost of material and time.