Painting Tips: Painting Order


 
Painting Tips
Painting Order

A room's surfaces should be painted in the following order (this includes priming of the surface if needed):

1 - Ceiling

2 - Walls

3 - Doors

4 - Trim, molding, windows, doors, cabinets, etc.

5 - Floors (if painting)

In general: paint the room from top to bottom.  This helps the project go much more quickly and smoothly, and makes cleaning up accidental drips easier as well.