How to Paint Rooms With Carpet

Painting rooms that have carpet in them can make even an experienced painter nervous. Drips of paint will most certainly ruin your carpet. Luckily, you can protect your carpet from paint drips and splatters, so it will look as good as new once the room is painted.

Supplies needed to protect your carpet while painting

• Enough drop cloths to cover the entire room with some extra to overlap


• Tape- masking tape or duct tape


• Paintbrushes


• Paint roller with tray


• Paint


• Primer


• Painter's tape

1. Remove all the furniture from inside the room, so the floor has nothing on it.


2. Cover the whole carpet with drop cloths. Overlap each drop cloth over the one used before it for extra protection.


3. Secure the drop cloths to the carpet with masking or duct tape. Tape the overlapped sections as well.


4. Apply painter's tape around edges of room, as well as around doors and windows to protect the trim.


5. Use the paint roller to apply primer to walls and allow that to dry.


6. Paint the area around the edges and trim using a paintbrush.


7. Apply paint to the walls using a paint roller.


8. Remove your shoes when leaving the room to avoid tracking paint throughout the house.


9. Remove the painter's tape once the walls are dry.


10. Remove all the drop cloths once the paint is dry. To do this, carefully remove tape and roll the drop cloths up. Be sure to roll them so the painted side is away from the carpet.


11. Deposit rolled up drop cloths into trash bags to be thrown away. Do this carefully to avoid any paint drips getting onto the carpet.

For carpets not tacked down

1. Roll the carpet up into a log shape.


2. Carry the rolled carpet to a different room in the house, or move it to the middle.


3. Wrap a drop cloth the rolled carpet if it was moved to the middle of the room.