Depending on the colour on the walls currently you may need to undercoat the walls first. I have done two rooms in my home and once I had chosen the colour the steps I did were this:
1- remove all furnishings
2 - lightly sand all the surfaces to give the paint something to stick to.
3 - wash down with sugar soap
4 - undercoat ( I always buy a high quality undercoat as it helps the paint stick)
5 - top coat (usually 2-3 coats)
6 - trim (skirting archs etc)
7- pop furniture back in the room.
I should mention that I have lining boards and not plaster walls but I believe the proper preparations produce a quality finish.
Have noticed your not far off from having bub so maybe avoid enamal paints coz the fumes may be over powering. You can get low odour paints so I would be looking into something like this.
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