HOME PAINTING IDEAS

2. All the large movable furniture needs to be transferred to the center or the room beds cabinets etc. before starting your home painting idea. If you have items that are difficult to move leave them. Space behind the piano or filing cabinet for example can be coated using a small speed roller attached to a short extension. Paint only areas that will be visible. Be sure to save some of that latex, if you move your big bulky item at a latter date you'll need the extra liquid to coat the rest of the wall.

3. If your in one of the sleeping areas for your home painting idea, try and stack as many items onto the bed as you can. This includes dressers, end tables and toy boxes etc. In the kitchen place items under the table and on top. For the living area put the couch and love seat or chairs together with cushions facing each other. Cover to protect the fabric then start stack all the nick knacks in the center of your couch love seat ensemble. Items that are movable yet to big to stack can be butted up against the furniture that’s in the center of the room. Place these larger objects so that there is easy access to the walls being painted.

4. Items that'll be in the way of your ability to paint need moving to other sections of the home. If your in the kitchen for example, transfer that big old hutch to the hall or living room. Paint your first coat, set up the other areas then go back and finish your last coat. Move the dresser back and proceed to painting the rest of the house.

5. Don’t forget, some items like dressers or end tables etc. can fit into an uncluttered closet or master bathroom. Also remove the drapes and move them to another room before starting your home painting idea.

6. Your ready to throw plastic over everything that needs covering except the floors. It's a good idea to tape plastic down or it'll move, especially when your spraying ceilings. I prefer to use old bed sheets purchased from motel managers, their heavy and don't move or slide as much as plastic.

7. Canvas cloths or folded bed sheets work best for the floors. Plastic tarps become sticky and slippery. I do know of painters who buy heavy window drapes from goodwill, they seem to work quite well. Which ever you select don't bunch them up when there laid out fold them in half if needed. Big blobs of fabric on the floor will cause you to trip and fall. After all the moving of items you should have a three foot wide or more sized area around the room between wall and protected furniture. Be sure to cover this pathway with your chosen drops.

8. Time to protect the base boards. I like one inch wide green painters tape. The fastest way is to leave the sticky strip on the roll stretch it out as far as you can then attach it to the very edge of your trim. I use an easer technique, it works better but takes more time. Tear off as long a piece as you feel you can handle, two or three feet in length. The shorter it is the simpler it will be to apply. You decide what works best for you. When the tapes attached it should butt up to the wall yet not be bent or sticking to anything other than what your taping. Go around the room sticking the green stuff to the top of the base boards. Don't bend it over, the tape and baseboard needs to look like an up side down L. When tape lays flat as if it where still on the roll it'll catch drips and makes it harder to accidentally paint the trim face.

9. Professional painters protect the baseboards to stop splatter when they’re rolling walls. In most cases they won't apply tape to casing unless spraying's involved. If your just learning to use a brush, cover the trim. Once the green sticky strip is up practice not getting paint onto the tape, you'll eventually be able to cut in woodwork for your home painting idea like a pro.

10. I spray doors and casings first then cut and roll the walls. Lots of painters would rather not use sprayers and to keep drip marks away save the doors for last. I find it works better to cut a wall to the trim as appose to the other way around. Either way you might need some safe release tape. It's effective not peeling a new coating from a from a freshly painted surface.

11. With a screw driver remove the electrical covers and tape the plugs and switches. Also cover any items you don't want taken off such as a thermostat for example. Ready to begin a home painting idea.