Designing My Home

Task 3B: Covering the Walls

1. Wallpapering
   
   • Choose at least one room (not a closet) in the house to be wallpapered. Determine the type of wallpaper that would be appropriate for the room using the Internet or visiting a showroom (home improvement store field trip). If possible, ask for a swatch of wallpaper (optional) and determine the price of the wallpaper chosen.
   • Using the dimensions of the room from your scale diagram, determine how many rolls of wallpaper to purchase. Use the www.homedepot.com wallpaper calculator. Determine the total cost of the wallpaper, including taxes.
2. Painting
   
   • Determine which rooms in the house are going to be painted. Assume in all cases, two coats of paint will be required. Investigate the type of paint needed in each room using the Internet or visiting a store (home improvement store field trip). If possible, collect colour samples of your choices (optional).
   • Determine the cost to paint each room. Show the calculations that are required to determine the amount of paint needed, then calculate the total cost to paint each room. Show your organized calculations on a separate sheet of paper then summarize your costs using the attached chart. Determine the total cost to paint your home.

Hand in (one for the pair):

• Calculation of wallpaper amount and cost.
• Calculation of paint needed for each room.
• Summary of painting costs for the whole house.