UPDATE: (June 5 2016)
So it's all done and here's how it went:
We scraped the first popcorn ceiling Thursday night (June 23) after work and after realizing how long it took my GF and I decided to use the 3 day weekend weekend to just do that and told family they could help paint a different weekend. We finished all 5 rooms that weekend on Thursday night, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we scraped 2 bedrooms the living room the foyer and dining room.
The ceilings in 3 rooms had been painted previously and ended up being a huge pain in the ass. They required to be skim coated over with drywall mud because you could only scrape the popcorn off but were still left with tons of random paint in all the low parts which couldn't be scraped off.
Our family offered to come help the next weekend (which was this past weekend) which was also a 3 day weekend because of 4th of July. Unfortunately my GF could not help because she worked all weekend but we successfully primed and painted 2 bedrooms, a hallway, the bathroom, living room, foyer, and dining room with 3 people. We did not tape anything and decided to just cut using brushes and it turned out pretty good. We used Royal brand primer and paint from ace hardware because I had read it to be a good budget option. It went on thick and smooth and only required one paint coat except for a dark red color that needed 2.
It was a huge project but it looks great now, cost around $300-400 in materials, and probably saved $4-5k in labor in the past 2 weekends vs hiring these projects out...
Next up is making/installing some fancy baseboards for a fraction of the price to match my luxurious lifestyle.
Original Post:
I've got a 3 day weekend this weekend and want to use it to paint my house which I've been putting off. I have done lots of DIY stuff but have never painted before so I was looking for tips and advice on my proposed supplies list.
I plan to:
-scrape popcorn ceilings make them flat then paint ceilings
-paint interior walls/trim/doors
These are supplies I'm thinking I need:
a sprayer to wet down popcorn ceiling
a scraper for roof
respirator/mask
drywall mud/pole sander to fix any inperfections
paint brushes
paint rollers
paint roller trays
primer/paint in all colors i plan to use
mixing sticks
plastic painters drop sheeting
painter's tape
shitty clothes
patient family to help me
Any tips, advice, or other things I might need?