what order to decorate the living room ?

jamesfeatherstone

Hi
we are decorating the living room.
the walls have been plastered, and the skirting boards are being sanded.

we know the skirting board needs painting.
we know the walls need painting, its just what type of paint, and which to do first.

any suggestions

thanks in advance

jim

KillerWatt

What type of paint you require all depends on what finish you want, but logic dictates that you work from the top down (ceiling, walls, skirting)

HelenDaveKids

Yes, always ceiling first but if wall papering then do skirting next.

i always use matt white for ceiling, and white woodwork gloss for skirting.

Mikeyorks

Woodwork (skirting / architrave / cills) first .... as you'll normally be using gloss / woodsheen - that you can wipe emulsion off if you drip.

Followed by ceiling and then walls.

But you prep it all first and only start any painting once you've removed all the dust.

jamesfeatherstone

thanks for the replies
jim

keystone

Do all your prep first. Then ceiling, walls and woodwork in that order for final finish. Its the quickest (in elapsed time terms) method.

Cheers

keystone

andrew-b wrote: »

Professional decorators usually do the woodwork last as by then the emulsion on the wall is dry so it's a time thing plus they are usually far more experienced at cutting-in so put the paint in the right place in the first place.........................Most trades want to be in and out asap to maximise their earnings rather than watching paint dry!

Yes thats exactly what I was driving at. Equally why would the client want to pay for your time just sitting watching it dry?

If your papering (lining or wallpaper) then paper after the skirtings and door frames ...you then can just whack the paint on without bothering carefully cutting-in along skirtings etc which saves alot of time!

100%. I had assumed OP was just talking painting everything.

Cheers