In what order do I paint a bedroom? Walls, Ceiling, trim, corners?

I have painted 37 years..always paint the ceiling, walls then the trim..Do not paint the trim then the walls as some suggest here..You will get small specks of paint from the roller on the trim when you do the walls, and then more or less will have to paint the trim again..Trim is usually semi gloss or gloss, and neither touch up real good so if you touch up spots on the trim it may very well show and you will have to face that whole piece of trim out again.In what order do I paint a bedroom? Walls, Ceiling, trim, corners?
If you trim everything first it doesn't really matter where you start. When you roll tho, use the W format, over and over, this prevents lap marks and drips. I would trim with the wall color all around the walls and up to the ceiling. Roll the walls. Let dry. Put blue painters tape on the wall nearest the ceiling and paint the ceiling, then do the trim (use painter's tape if you aren't good at painting) The most important thing about trimming is get a trim brush. Wash it out. Wash your roller by turning on the hose and hose the paint out of it, the roller will roll that's good. My husband was a professional painter.In what order do I paint a bedroom? Walls, Ceiling, trim, corners?
What ever works for you, but I always do the ceiling first so that any splatters do not get on freshly painted walls. Then I do the walls, and finally, the trim.
Wow....interesting question...I've always done the walls first (easiest to access)....but William T makes a good point!!! Now I want to go repaint a room.
I always paint the ceiling first for the same reason WilliamT does.


The I paint trim %26amp; corners on walls. Then go to town with the roller on the walls.


Just my preference. But do it whatever way works best for you.
Ditto to answer #1 and don't forget to use Ceiling paint. It's made special for ceilings so it doesn't drip as easily! :)
hi, you do the ceiling and overlap on the wall by about a half an inch(gives you a clean finish when painting the walls at the top).


then you do the walls, cut in on one or two walls first and then paint, continue till all the walls are done!,this stops you having marks where you cut in! and finally the woodwork and radiators!
Do all your rubbing down and preparation first and prime amy bare woodwork.





If you do the job over two days then the first day put two coats of emulsion on the ceiling and undercoat your woodwork. On the second day put two coats of emulsion on the walls and gloss/final coat your woodwork. Especially if your using oil-based paint on the woodwork get your undercoat done on the first day, because oil-based drying times forbid you to get the finish coat on the same day as the undercoat.





Of course you might stretch ths out over more days.
Use brush to paint ceiling/wall corners.


Then paint ceiling, using roller.


Then paint wall corners using a brush, and then do your cut ins - around doors, windows baseboards.


Once all that is done , use the roller and paint the walls.