When to decorate a room with laminate/engineered flooring

[MortarThePoint]

We've some rooms that are to have engineered oak flooring and others to have laminate flooring. I'm trying to plan the order of works. Should it be:

1. lay floor
2. fit skirting and architrave
3. paint ceiling, walls and skirting+architrave

OR

1. paint ceiling and walls
2. lay floor
3. fit skirting and architrave
4. paint skirting+architrave

OR

1. fit skirting and architrave
2. paint ceiling, walls and skirting+architrave
3. lay floor with scotia or cork edging

 

I feel cork edging or scotia looks less neat.

 

Laminate may in the future (5-10 years) want replacing with carpet, but the engineered oak should be permanent. If I have the laminate going under the skirting I expect I still wouldn't need to replace the skirting board as carpet plus underlay (9mm + 10mm) is a little thicker than laminate plus its underlay (10mm + 3mm) or am I kidding myself.

[Russell griffiths]

1. Mist coat everything 

2. Paint ceiling

3. Lay flooring

4. Fit skirting and architrave 

5. Paint walls, skirting and architrave. 

[MikeGrahamT21]

1 hour ago, Russell griffiths said:

1. Mist coat everything 

2. Paint ceiling

3. Lay flooring

4. Fit skirting and architrave 

5. Paint walls, skirting and architrave. 

And if your messy like me, swap number 4 and 5 around! lol