Room-by-room paint planning

Paint plans
that add up.

Measure several rooms, subtract openings, tune the real coverage on your cans, and leave with a practical shopping plan.

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  • Editable assumptions
Weekend refresh3 rooms
Living14 × 18
Bed12 × 10
Office9 × 10
Wall paint5.75 gal1 bucket + 3 quarts

Free multi-room estimator

Build your paint plan

Start with the example, add every room using the same wall and ceiling products, then tune the coverage printed on your cans.

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01

Measure your rooms

Rectangular rooms, walls, flat ceilings, and opening deductions.

Room 1
02

Fine-tune the cans

Use the coverage and price printed on the products you plan to buy.

Paint assumptions

Shared project assumptions

Wall paint

Ceiling paint

Starter example loaded — replace it with your measurements.

Method you can inspect

No mystery multiplier.

We show the areas, deductions, coats, coverage, and waste behind every gallon. Change any assumption to match the paint and surfaces in front of you.

Read the full methodology
1

Measure the shell

Room perimeter × wall height, plus any selected ceiling.

2

Remove openings

Doors, windows, fireplaces, arches, and other unpainted areas.

3

Apply the product

Coats and waste divided by the coverage printed on your can.

Worked example

A 12 × 10 bedroom

With 8-foot walls, one standard door, two standard windows, two coats, and 10% waste, the starter example estimates about 1.77 gallons of wall paint—rounded to two 1-gallon cans for the shopping list.

Coverage baseline

350–400

square feet per gallon is a common paint range.

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