prep

before you start any project remember to always tape off, and dropcloth your area that you are workingin.
if you have furniture make sure you plastic off the entire area, and tape down all the runners that are against the wall,and for those of you who do not know what a runner is, its just a drop clothes that is cut into smaller widths, now as you have all your nicknacks removed from the area tape all your trim is taped off too, it will be much easier for you, when you do this because, when you end up painting your trim you wont have to try to so hard to cover it with many coats, now is two coats needed,? yes one coat will not surfise, if you havent painted in awhile, it will not show the true shade of the color you choose cause alot of the pigment has been asorbed in the wall, two coats lays down an even texture ,
and allows the paint to dry uniformally,