How Much Material for a 12×14 Bedroom? (2026 Full List)

Wall paint: about 3 gallons for two coats

A 12×14 room has 52 ft of perimeter — (12 + 14) × 2 = 52 — and 8-ft walls: 52 × 8 = 416 sq ft of gross wall. Subtract an interior door (≈21 sq ft) and a window (≈12 sq ft): 416 − 21 − 12 = 383 sq ft of paintable wall.

Two coats: 383 × 2 = 766 sq ft; at ~350 sq ft per gallon, 766 ÷ 350 ≈ 2.2 gallons. Cans only come whole, so buy 3 gallons. This matches our 12×14 bedroom paint guide; rerun your own openings in the paint calculator.

Ceiling paint: 1 gallon

The ceiling is 12 × 14 = 168 sq ft. A gallon of ceiling paint covers about 350–400 sq ft, so 1 gallon is enough — even two coats fit (168 × 2 = 336 sq ft).

Fresh white over white takes one coat; dark colors take two — still inside one gallon. Keep ceiling white in its own can; the paint calculator counts the two surfaces separately.

Carpet: about 21 square yards

The floor is 168 sq ft; add 10% waste for seams and fitting cuts → 168 × 1.1 ≈ 185 sq ft. Carpet sells by the square yard: 185 ÷ 9 ≈ 20.6 sq yd, so order about 21 sq yd.

A 12-ft-wide roll usually fits a 12×14 room in one piece — no middle seam for most layouts. Run your floor in the carpet calculator for the exact waste on your layout.

Baseboard and trim: about 54 linear feet

Baseboard runs the perimeter minus door openings: 52 ft − a 3 ft door leaves 49 ft; add 10% for miter cuts → about 54 linear ft. In 8-ft pieces, 54 ÷ 8 = 6.75 → buy 7 (five 12-ft sticks also work).

Measure each trimmed wall run, subtract every door's width, add 10% for cuts and round up to whole pieces; window and closet trim is extra. The baseboard calculator does the perimeter math, and how much baseboard do I need works a full room example.

Drywall, if you're redoing the ceiling

Order drywall only when resurfacing the ceiling or walls. A 4×8 sheet is 32 sq ft, so the ceiling is 168 ÷ 32 = 5.25 → about 6 sheets for cuts and mistakes.

Walls are separate: 383 sq ft of net wall is 383 ÷ 32 ≈ 12 sheets including waste around door, window and outlet cutouts; ceiling plus walls runs roughly 18 sheets. Size a full remodel in the drywall calculator.

The full 12×14 bedroom materials list

Order of work and one-trip buying tips

• Finish top-down: ceiling → walls → floor → baseboard — paint the ceiling before the walls, and paint before the floor goes in so spills land on subfloor.
• Buy everything in one batch, same lot — wall paint from one batch, carpet from one dye lot; color shifts between batches, and a second trip risks mismatched cans or rolls.
• Rent one truck and haul it all at once — drywall rides flat, carpet rolls on end, paint upright; one trip saves delivery fees and keeps sheets from getting dinged.

Painting only the walls? Start with our paint math for a 12×14 bedroom, and compare a smaller room with the 12×12 bedroom materials list.

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