Gone are the days of just having a skim coating on every drywall in your home. Instead of worrying about working with a joint compound (drywall mud) to make those walls silky smooth, you can grab a tub of homax instead. As we’ve looked at here, there are many ways that you can decorate a textured wall without any drywall compound. If you have a panel or molding then you can paint it any color you want. With a stone or wooden textured wall, you don’t need to do anything.