"Mango" wrote in
:

I want to do a good job painting the interior of my home. I need some
tips on painting the baseboards without ruining the carpeting.

Remove the baseboards, sand and paint them, and then re-install. This is a
pain in the tuckus, but it worked faster and better than any attempt of
mine to paint them in place.

I also want to paint the ceiling and have a nice STRAIGHT line of
where the walls meet the ceiling.

This is tough if you have popcorn finished ceilings. Paint the wall
without worrying about the edge where it meets the ceiling. Then put up
some masking tape on the wall, and re-paint the ceiling edges where it
meets the wall. I actually bring the ceiling colour down onto the wall by
about 1/8 inch -- it allow me to get a very straight line, even with
popcorn "chunks" right at the edges of the ceiling.

Please share your tips of what materials you use etc. etc etc.

Buy the best paint brushes that money can buy. For latex paints, look for
brushes that use a blend of Tynex and Orel fibers (tapered fibers
manufactured and trademarked by DuPont).