How I Painted our High Ceilings
Our back stairway has ceilings that are about 15 feet high. I have always wanted to paint them, but I thought I would have to hire a professional to come do it for me, and who knows what that would have cost. Then one day I went to True Value to see what they had to offer in extension poles, thinking if I combined one with a tall ladder, I just might me able to attempt it myself. What I found was a total game changer!
If you have ever felt overwhelmed with the thought of painting your high ceilings, then I'm here to tell you, you can do it by yourself. Yes you can! I did!
And that is how:
I went to True Value and picked up this extension rod that goes up to 12 feet high. I was not even aware that they made these so long, did you? I'm sure you can find something similar at any hardware store, but this affiliated link to Amazon is the exact one I picked up.
All I had to do was attach my curler brush to the extension rod and paint. I'll admit, it become a piece awkward given that I became in a decent area. It required that I load my roller up with paint in every other room, bring it to the stairwell, push the rod as much as the heighth I wanted and then paint. Even even though it turned into awkward, I got the hang of it after some time. And in the long run, it became worth the greater work.
However, a roller brush can not paint into the corners, or reduce in around light fixtures.
So I got here up with the idea of duct taping my paint brush onto the extension rod and it labored super.
This alowed me to get into all of the corners and carefully paint around the light fixtures. You may have noticed how dusty my light fixtures are, I was never able to reach them before, but now I think I'll just duct tape a duster onto my new extension rod to clean them up. 😉 This extension rod has become my new favorite thing.
I am beyond excited to have this back stairway painted, especially since before I didn't think it would ever get done. In case you are interested, this color is called North Star by Sherwin Williams.
I'm nonetheless operating on getting this region completed up, I even have plans to cling up some hooks and then I'll be headed right down to paint our basement.
So stay tuned for greater progress to come back.
What do you believe you studied, turned into this some thing you already knew approximately? Or are you just as surprised as I was? Are you currently taking into account tackling the ones high ceilings in your own home?
If so, You can do it!
Thanks for stopping by using,
Emily
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