Yeah, they want to hang around you or at least someone else. At that age they don't want privacy, they want interaction. Now put a nice exhaust fan in there and your soon to be teenager will probably padlock the door and live down there.
fodder69
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That's an indent where the drywall has sagged and the nail is still holding. Not at all easy to pull that back up on a ceiling. Probably need 4 screws total, 2 on either side. Apply mud, level it down with a wet sponge (grout sponges work well), dab primer with a brush (think happy little trees) and roll over it after with a half roller to match (3/8 nap usually). Repeat any of the steps if needed. Don't skip primer as it will always show in a different texture since the mud will absorb the paint. Makes for minimal cleanup of brush and roller and done well, will just disappear.
Yep, think happy little trees. Tried to do a quick search but every video is 20 minutes long. Just barely put paint on the brush and stab at the wall, straight brush, stab straight, angle brush, stab at an angle so all the bristles hit at once. You are looking to get a rough texture and then rolling it after just knocks he sharp peaks down. Do that twice with primer and then a couple times with paint (mixed well) and it should just disappear. The beauty is you have just a tiny bit of cleanup of the brush and roller instead of loading things up with paint, which frankly won't work anyway as you get way too much paint in a patch area and it looks overbuilt.
Always prefer a smoother 3/8 nap roller look, but I'd say dabbing thinned joint compound with a brush, let it dry, and then a wet sponge to knock down the tops of the dabs. Can lightly sand if it's really dry. Prime well and paint.
Rarely monetarily worth it, but those kinds of things can really improve comfort by keeping temps consistent, etc.