On Monday I got a message from a Lisa, a homeowner, in my service area that was looking to hire a professional painter to help finish a media room that they started to paint. After painting one wall they realized that they may need to hire a professional for her interior painting project. During a conversation with Lisa, she explained to me that painting was much more difficult than she first had thought and considerably more time-consuming.
Lisa sent me this picture of her DIY painting woes.
DIY Painting Woes
I quoted Lisa a fair price to paint a room and after careful consideration sent me this message:
Vacation Home Painting in Surfside, TX
While I may not have won Lisa interior painting project, I realized that there are homeowners in the area that would rather attempt DIY painting than invest money in a professional painter to achieve quality results. In such cases, I want to help people get the best finish possible.
One thing that will help a room look like it’s been painted by a Professional is to paint in the right sequence.
- First protect the floors and furniture with drop cloths, tape off baseboards and fixtures with tape, and remove switch plate covers.
- Second, repair any holes in the walls and cracks in the caulk.
- Finally, apply quality paint with quality tools.
That is why I have found and would like to share some resources I found that teaches the basic steps of painting a room. I found some great videos on How to Paint a Room that are share-worthy.
How to cut in a room
How to paint the walls
Paint Supply List
Getting the right equipment together before you start your painting a room is very important. I put together a cheat sheet of all the tools and supplies that you will likely need for painting a room.
Painting Supplies
- Protect the Area from Paint:
- Canvas Drop Cloths
- Painters Tape
- Screw Driver (to remove light and outlet covers)
- Prepare the Wall:
- Quality Latex Caulk
- Dripless Caulk Gun
- Lightweight Spackling
- 1-inch flexible putty knife
- Fine Sanding Sponge
- Paint the Wall:
- Paint Can (use for cutting)
- Quality Paint Brush
- Step Ladder
- Extension Pole
- 9″ Nap
- 9″ Roller Cage
- 9″ Paint Pan
