These three videos give a complete overview of how to cut, saw and trim drywall. You will save time mudding and taping if you make your cuts square and accurate. It's always nice to have a framing square or a larger drywall square to make precise cuts. Also have a sharp blade in your utility knife.

Measure twice or more, drill the hole once. Hanging a picture frame seems pretty straightforward, but if you locate the screw hole in the wrong spot, you'll leave a big hole in the wall. Not a big deal if you're picture will cover it. I've seen a lot of picture frames that have too much slack in the hanging wire,so when you hang the picture you see the anchor and the wire above the frame. Prior to hanging the picture, make sure the slack is taken out of the wire. You may need to add two anchors if the picture is too heavy.

What's the difference between spackle and sheet rock joint compound? They are similar in composition, but for the most part spackle is used for a small fix job and joint compound is used for taping and finishing larger areas. If you have nail holes, dings or other imperfections it's a good idea to spackle before you paint.

It takes time to learn the proper techniques of applying joint compound and taping the corners and seams of your drywall. This video offers some simple tips to get you started in the right direction. Make sure to mix the joint compound well, even if you are using the premixed type. This helps get the air bubbles out of mud.Also only don't mix too much joint compound. Mix only what you think you can use before it starts to dry. Pay a little extra and get the right tools for the job, you'll notice the difference in the finished product.

A nice texture can hide a lot of defects in your tape job... and it provide character to an otherwise flat wall or ceiling. This video shows the simple way of putting a knockdown texture on your wall. The same technique can be applied to your ceiling. If you are planning on texturing your ceiling, do that first, because you will have overspray on to the walls. You can you use a piece of cardboard about 2' by 2' as a guard, so you can protect areas you don't want to texture. It's good to test you technique on scrap piece of drywall or plywood before you get started.

Once you finish taping the joints, you need to apply two more coats of joint compound and sand between each to get a professional drywall finish. Use a 10" broad knife and dull the sharp corners of the knife with sand paper so they don't scratch the drywall. Leave a slightly higher center when applying the joint compound because you can easily sand this away.

You can rent more high tech equipment at your local home improvement store. The techniques for hanging drywall on the ceiling by yourself seen in the video are very useful.