How to Paint a Room for Beginners

How to paint a room for beginners. Step by Step tutorial on how to paint an interior room in your home. Includes what you need to paint a room and how to clean your paint tools. Be sure to also checkout my detailed blog posts that list the 12 Step to Paint a Room for Beginners:
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Drop Cloth
Clean Rags
Paint
Paint Can Opener
Stir Stick
Handheld Paint Pail
Spackle/Nail Hole Filler
Putty Knife
Sandpaper (220 Grit)
Painter's Tape
2" Angled Brush
Paint Roller
Paint Roller Frame
Extension Pole
Paint Tray
Paint Tray Liner
Screwdriver
Ladder or Step Stool
Paint Brush Cleaner Tool
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[@debbieb.8708]

Here's a tip for the paint can. That valley in the can that the lid sits into. Poke some holes in it. Then the paint that gets in there after you pour will fall back into the can and the lid won't get stuck on from all that paint drying.

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Yes, great tip!!

[@GinaLay]

Thank you! I am about to paint a bedroom for the first time all on my own! ❤ Your video I helpful and I appreciate your help!

[@mrsashleyfrench]

You're welcome! You got this!!

[@barbaraforth5387]

Brilliant, such a confidence boost!

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Thank you! You've got this!

[@westsideanyway]

You did amazing in this video! Thanks so much

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Thank you!

[@thebigone6298]

Thank youu.. ❤

[@tiac9211]

This video is Very helpful

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Thank you! I'm glad it could help :)

[@PetePuebla]

Great video! Liked and subscribed.

[@ruby6734]

Your tips and hacks are so useful and detailed, I feel like I can start painting good as a beginner. Thanks ❤

[@mrsashleyfrench]

I'm so happy it could be helpful!

[@suriyawetzler2896]

your doing great teaching thank you please make a video about priming as well.

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Thank you!

[@almodo88]

Wasnt ready for the transformation...like u had all the paint stuff on then u jus got all pretty at the end... Bravo... Oh yea nice video too, very helpful.

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Thank you!

[@setter55]

A good tip, instead of using tape to remove lint from a roller. Give it a wash and scrub with your finger nails, also leave the roller slightly damp. This will aid in making the roller absorb paint easier as opposed to using a dry roller.

[@ashleyfrench6558]

Thank you so much!

[@6ocean31]

Another hack for a paint liner is the use aluminum foil. I like the trash bag idea too.

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Yes, I have definitely used foil before too :)

[@carmenmendez7896]

Hi Ashley! Just ran into your channel looking to do an accent wall on my own. You are amazing!!! Do you do skim coating on walls? If so I would love to see a tutorial!

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Hi there! I haven' had the need to skim coat any walls yet. My walls do have an orange peel texture but I leave it be and do all my accent walls on them as they are :)

[@carmenmendez7896]

@@mrsashleyfrench Good morning! Thank you so much for your reply. I am actually thinking of doing the same thing, but you make these accent walls look so easy! They are so beautiful and give the room so much character and class! Definitely seems easier than skim coating my whole house with mud! 🙂 I am going to be studying your tutorials. Only thing is that I am afraid of those miter saws. 😕

[@mrsashleyfrench]

@@carmenmendez7896 I was afraid when I first started too. Watch my "How to use a Miter Saw" video and I recommend starting with a small miter saw to feel more comfortable. One with a 7.25" blade is a great smaller size for a beginner.

[@carmenmendez7896]

@@mrsashleyfrench Thank you so much for the advice and I am definitely going to watch your "How To" video! 🥰 I am so happy I found you!

[@suriyawetzler2896]

You have great potential to grow on KZbin, the way you teach and cover things that amateurs like me are looking for but not sure why you didn't make that much video here! go fo it, you are great however I just watched one of your videos! :)

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Thank you so much!

[@littlemama2743]

Ok. Gorgeous color! What paint color is this? And what sheen? Also, your entryway white paint is crisp! Can you share the name of that paint too? Thanks!

[@mrsashleyfrench]

The color is Mount Etna by Sherwin Williams and the entryway white color is just Pure White by Sherwin Williams.

[@NhungLe-fu6os]

Do you cut and then roll, cut again, and then roll? Or only need to cut once and then roll twice?

[@mrsashleyfrench]

I cut in only once and make sure to do a thick coat on the cutting in that would be equivalent to if I had done two coats of cutting in. So I cut in just once, then I roll on two coats.

[@PetePuebla]

Frog tape or 3M? Which tape is your favorite?

[@mrsashleyfrench]

I use both but Frog Tape is my preferred brand.

[@Linda-rn7pg]

How do you get the paint to roll on the wall, all i manage to get is a blob, took 3 hrs of hard work trying to do one wall, and i had to use a brush too, i was exhausted and coukdnt bear to do another coat. How on earth do you get the roller to cover the wall?

[@mrsashleyfrench]

I'm not sure if I understand what is happening but It sounds like you have too much paint on your roller. Try putting less paint in your paint tray, then lightly roll your roller into the paint in the tray, then roll your roller in the paint tray on the slanted surface of the tray (where there is no paint) to get a lot of the excess paint off your roller. Then when you roll your roller on the wall, you shouldn't get any kind of blob or anything.

[@Linda-rn7pg]

Hi, thanks for the reply, when I try gently rolling the roller over the paint it never really rolls. It's strange as many years ago I did all my decorating and used to love it, so I know I never had that issue before.

[@aymenhaq7775]

Which Sherwin Williams Emerald color is this?

[@mrsashleyfrench]

This color is called Mount Etna

[@keithdavis2818]

Not a very environmental way of painting using plastic liners, once covered in paint, they are not recyclable

[@mrsashleyfrench]

Can you suggest some better alternatives? I am always open to a more environmentally friendly option.