Always gotta make sure you have the right tools for the job. A little drywall tape, a little mud, a boatload of brushes, rollers, and painting tape, and a lot of willingness to sweat your ass off. Oh, and tarp to protect whatever you don't want to get paint on, because no matter how careful you are, paint will drip, and it will drip on the very thing you are trying to avoid - just because! (see the missing wood in the floor? dang it!)

So, here are the walls and ceiling with the closet gone, and the drywall removed. Unfortunately, that also means there are parts of the wood floor that needs repairing, but like I said - we will address that at a later date. We have also applied primer to the walls. A lot of folks think primer is a waste of time and money, but when you are covering dark colors, it is your best friend. Had we left the orange and blue walls alone and just painted over them, it would have altered the color of the grey and made it darker. The LAST thing I wanted was for the shade of gray I picked to be different because I would not pop for a can of primer. Kilz is the absolute best, but any primer works just fine.

 

 
 Got the walls patched. A good mud compound is a must - just ask someone in your local home improvement store for their suggestion. If you apply it properly, and sand it correctly when it is dry, you will never know there was ever a hole in the drywall. Just make sure you paint primer over the mudded area - once you paint it will be discolored if you don't.

I had to have Lolo get up on a ladder to patch the ceiling - I am deathly afraid of heights. Make sure you use drywall screws, not nails when patching or hanging drywall.