>I'm about to do some renovations - painting some rooms (maybe including ceiling(s)), and also ripping out the existing wall-to-wall carpeting and putting in hardwood flooring. If you're doing both of these jobs, what's the recommended order:
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>- Paint first, so you don't worry about dripping on the nice new floor, or
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>- Floor first, so you don't bang up your freshly painted walls while installing the flooring, or get sawdust on them?

First question is why are YOU doing the work? Painting, as I have pointed out to my wife, is "woman's work", and so is brick laying, pouring concrete, laying floor tile, etc. I could never get her to do roofing, but she has done all the aforementioned, and is actually pretty good at it. <g>

You might need this to support your argument.
Proverbs 14:1
The wise woman builds her house,but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.