Hello everyone,
My first post here but it will be a long one. My name is Ben, and I am 18 (just a little knowledge for everyone here). So I made the move into my sisters old room. She had her walls painted a yellowish shade, really baby blue curtains, and a nasty blue rug color. Unfortunately, I do not have the money to do anything about my rug at this time, so that will have to stay for now. I want to paint my room desperately. So here we go.
1. I have a popcorn ceiling, and it needs to go. I'm 6' 3" tall, so when i wake up and stretch in the morning, i cut the hell out of my knuckles. Also, our roof was replaced recently, but not before my room got hit with some water stains on the ceiling. If i do remove the popcorn ceiling, will the stains come with it? I only need to spray it all down with warm water first then use a putty scraper, right?
2. The walls are a mess. They were originally white, then she wanted this horrible pure blue, then she wanted yellow. The painters were horrible also both times. They didn't tape anything, thought they were all pro or something, and got paint over all the trimming around the room. It looked like hell. So I wanted to re-stain all the trimming as well. Do i have to take this down to do it? Or can it be done while it is still up?
3. I kind of had a rough point in my life where i was constantly angry, and one night, I put my head through my window. Well not all the way through, but i did absolutely shadered the first pane of glass on the bottom half of the window. How do i get this type of window out to bring it somewhere to get fixed? Or can i just do it myself? I know a place where i can get the glass and all that but would it be cheaper to have someone do it? Also, Ive never done something like this before, so would it be a good idea for me to try it not having a single idea on what to do?
4. Should i strip my walls first? There seems to be a lot of paint along the trim. Its very hard to explain so the picture is what i mean i guess. I hate the way this room looks now. I need it to be my way ASAP!
5. Should the ceiling be the same color as the walls, or should that be white? All of the other ceilings in my house are white, so I dont know if I should make mine any different, even though i am the only one that is ever in my room besides my friends.
6. I am big into lifting (working out) and motivational quotes help me a lot. Being severely depressed, I tend to become wrapped up in my own head, but seeing quotes, or short video clips inspire me to be better then that. My goal for my room was to take the biggest section of wall that I have, and write in big bold black letters " Every Day Is Training Day!". I didn't know what color paint to use on the walls for this to show through, and i really dont want a white.
7. What kind of tape should I use to tape off my room? Good brands of paint? Stains?
Thanks so much for taking all the time to read all that and check out all the pictures, it means a lot to me. I am looking to start this project ASAP, but i just wanted to get some final answers to the questions I had.
Thanks again everyone,
Ben L.
My first post here but it will be a long one. My name is Ben, and I am 18 (just a little knowledge for everyone here). So I made the move into my sisters old room. She had her walls painted a yellowish shade, really baby blue curtains, and a nasty blue rug color. Unfortunately, I do not have the money to do anything about my rug at this time, so that will have to stay for now. I want to paint my room desperately. So here we go.
1. I have a popcorn ceiling, and it needs to go. I'm 6' 3" tall, so when i wake up and stretch in the morning, i cut the hell out of my knuckles. Also, our roof was replaced recently, but not before my room got hit with some water stains on the ceiling. If i do remove the popcorn ceiling, will the stains come with it? I only need to spray it all down with warm water first then use a putty scraper, right?
2. The walls are a mess. They were originally white, then she wanted this horrible pure blue, then she wanted yellow. The painters were horrible also both times. They didn't tape anything, thought they were all pro or something, and got paint over all the trimming around the room. It looked like hell. So I wanted to re-stain all the trimming as well. Do i have to take this down to do it? Or can it be done while it is still up?
3. I kind of had a rough point in my life where i was constantly angry, and one night, I put my head through my window. Well not all the way through, but i did absolutely shadered the first pane of glass on the bottom half of the window. How do i get this type of window out to bring it somewhere to get fixed? Or can i just do it myself? I know a place where i can get the glass and all that but would it be cheaper to have someone do it? Also, Ive never done something like this before, so would it be a good idea for me to try it not having a single idea on what to do?
4. Should i strip my walls first? There seems to be a lot of paint along the trim. Its very hard to explain so the picture is what i mean i guess. I hate the way this room looks now. I need it to be my way ASAP!
5. Should the ceiling be the same color as the walls, or should that be white? All of the other ceilings in my house are white, so I dont know if I should make mine any different, even though i am the only one that is ever in my room besides my friends.
6. I am big into lifting (working out) and motivational quotes help me a lot. Being severely depressed, I tend to become wrapped up in my own head, but seeing quotes, or short video clips inspire me to be better then that. My goal for my room was to take the biggest section of wall that I have, and write in big bold black letters " Every Day Is Training Day!". I didn't know what color paint to use on the walls for this to show through, and i really dont want a white.
7. What kind of tape should I use to tape off my room? Good brands of paint? Stains?
Thanks so much for taking all the time to read all that and check out all the pictures, it means a lot to me. I am looking to start this project ASAP, but i just wanted to get some final answers to the questions I had.
Thanks again everyone,
Ben L.