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You can paint yourself into a corner without planning your home DIY project. Do not brush off the details when it comes to painting. Here’s what you should know before you go.

Pick Your Paint

The paint in your home may contain 2-3 times the pollution outside your door. Going “green” is a color decision and a lifestyle choice. Acrylic paint is hardy, with little scent, and cleans easily. Natural clay paints are popular in homes with an allergy sufferer.

Natural milk paints are a powder that requires mixing with water. They are one hundred percent natural and extremely durable. Oil-based paints have their own set of properties and techniques. Just make sure you use a paint rated for your surface and use.

Experiment First

Slow down to save time. Perhaps buy just a sample pot of your paint, and dab some paint on the wall and let it dry. Test all your colors and wait one day to see what it looks like dry. It may not be exactly what you expected and it is much better to adjust now than repaint an entire room.

Supply and Demand

Make sure you have the extra rollers, sponges, tape, trays, brushes, edges, gloves, and masks on hand. There’s nothing worse on any home DIY job than realizing you have to make a trip back to the building supply store after the paint is mixed and sitting out.

Protect and Serve

Fumes are not fun. Ventilate the room, use room fans, and take frequent breaks. Wear a fresh mask for every session and definitely use goggles when you tackle the ceiling. No one ever starts a toast with “here’s paint in your eye”. Paint fumes can affect your head and your lungs.

Get Edgy

Every time paint winds up where it should not you will spend extra time cleaning. You may even damage wood trim. Do not scrimp on your edging tools or tape. Always use painters tape to avoid paint seeping through, to avoid accidents, and create a good looking finish.

Floor Damage

Cover the entire floor. A few feet of drop clothes will not protect your floor from a dropped can of paint that splatters across the room. A roller tray that drops from a ladder will find unprotected floor space every time. Tile is bad enough to clean up after a spill and the problem is even worse with hardwood or carpet coverings.

Surprise your kids by designing a bedroom that looks like the bottom of the ocean. Use all the colors, textures and three-dimensional designs that might happen. Probably the kids have many ideas to contribute.

Before starting, you should look for what types of sirens, algae, fishes, treasures, jewels and snails would like to have in the room. It is better to ask first and do later.

After having given what creatures want to put on the wall, should buy the paint. Check with the experts what paints are used to different textures, objectives, etc. In turn, if you think painting the floors, they will need special paint for floors. Finally, note that whether to apply multiple colors on one wall, the floor should be a manufacturer, so that the colors are more compatible.

If suggests painting the ceiling blue, add several little clouds, and probably a sun and rainbow. For the walls and the floor is recommended a darker blue, not too blue nor too green. Combining colors in bed linens and curtains add a special touch. Once you have chosen the colors, begin to paint. If possible, place the headboard on the wall in the middle of the room, and add an aquarium with colorful fishes.
Stuffed animals and toys such as fish and boats are very appropriate. A shower curtain filled with fish is ideal for the bedroom curtain. A green carpet could be an alga, and a beige or brown, can be the sand.

The flowers, dolphins, small fishes and giant whales will make a difference in the room. If you dare, you can paint them the figure of a mermaid, if not; they can always use the wallpaper or printed images.

Do not forget to place a lost treasure. They can hit jewels and gold coins lying against the wall to create a dimensional look.