[jyl]

I think they are the same finish idea, maybe done by different workers or in different days. The pics are two adjacent rooms, that were certainly finished at the same time when the house was remodeled in 2000.

Looks like a cheap hopper gun at Harbor Freight costs barely more than a can of spray texture. I assume my pancake compressor will run it, for small areas anyway. I have various areas totaling about half a room wall to do.