So I have painted a lot and I mean a lot of that kind of beadboard. It is definitely time consuming but doable. Here is how I felt worked the best for me. I used a combination of a brush and a small about 2 inch foam roller (to get the smooth look on the bead board). First I feel it is easier to paint the beadboard first on the wall and then put the baseboard and trim on and paint that and tape the bead board after it is dry. I use a combination of a brush and roller. I work in sections quickly (from left to right) and move along the wall. First I use the brush with paint and paint from top to bottom in the grooves. This will get the paint in the grooves of the beadboard that the roller won't. I usually use qet a bit of paint in the brush. Then I go behind the brush and use the foam roller going in an up and down motion (V motion) from top to bottom and move a long the wall. The roller will provide a nice smooth finish without leaving brush marks. Then after I have done one complete coat using the brush following quickly with the roller, then the next section brush following quickly with roller, until I am completely done. Let the whole project dry. Then I go back with a 2nd coat using only the roller. Let that dry. Then I attach the baseboard and trim. Caulk the cracks and nail holes and then paint once more. (I paint the trim and baseboard on the floor separately twice so it only needs one coat when I put it up) I usually will paint the baseboard one more time to cover all the nail holes (but that's just touch up). Good luck!! It will look great!

Hi there, Here's your post with pictures: Because of water damage to our kitchen floor our kitchen/dinning room/living room floor is getting replaced. Right now everything in our house is the same wood tone.. the kitchen cabinets, the doors, the trim, the table and the floors. It's time for a change. We also plan to replace the counter tops, skin, faucet, range hood, and put in a back splash. We are most like also going to replace the white range, dishwasher and fridge with a stainless set. This is our kitchen/dinning room now. We plan to replace the light colored laminate floor with Engineered Hardwood Maple in a darker shade.... Flooring link But that would look awful with our oak trim. So I have started with painting all our trim white. I'm still not sure if I should paint all our bedroom doors white too (they are a solid oak, as is our trim.. I would like your thoughts on that. I like what these folks did.. white trim and closet doors but dark doors. Posts like these make me want to paint my kitchen cabinets white because they are so beautiful. Or should we stain them dark, like these? Or should we keep the cabinets as they are and just change the trim and floors like this? If we go white cabinets this is what I�m thinking of doing: off white cabinets, dark brown counter top, and dark brown subway tile back splash. I would love the idea of having a butcher block counter on the island though. I would also love your thoughts on the floor in the kitchen/dinning area. Right now the laminate floor is in the kitchen, dinning room and living room (since we have a very open floor plan). The dilemma is what to do in the kitchen. Should we continue the hardwood into the kitchen up to the cabinets or should we put tile there? If we paint the cabinets white I was thinking we would go with the hardwood. But if we stained dark it would get too dark. Right? And please tell me: Paint? Stain? Or keep the cabinets as they are? Thanks.

Wow, love the video! Way easier than what I was trying to do. I have taken the door down (did that when I painted all the trim in the hallway) so i will probably still paint it lying on the sawhorses rather than upright. Thanks! Paintguy22, I can't use a can of spray paint because it would not match the trim or all the other doors. The paint is tinted Shell White to match the kitchen cabinets I painted. Thanks for the other info though, Still learning how to be a good painter and can use all the knowledge I can get!

I would suggest getting something to practice on. Your wife can put the paint into your container so that the paint goes just less than 1/2 way up the bristles when you put it into the container, don't wipe the excess off the brush - you actually want the brush loaded. Hold it over the container for 10 - 15 seconds then brush the paint onto the surface. You can feel when the brush starts to drag, that is when you need to reload. You will want to go over the area where you first laid the brush down to spread the paint evenly. You can also feel when the brush is against the tape. With a visual impairment you may be better than many without a visual impairment because you will be more in tune with the feel of the brush against the surface. You just have to become familiar with the feeling.