Painting Walls With High Ceilings

Painting ceilings can be tricky.

Painting walls with high ceilings.

Use painter s tape to hang plastic sheeting on the walls making the tape even with the top of the wall against the ceiling. We chose sherwin williams paint for this room and it was so thick that it didn t splatter. According to this new york times article around 2000 9 foot ceilings became more common in new homes than 8 foot and more recently 10 foot ceilings have become. It s not as long as you know how to safely close the gap between your brush and the surfaces you want to paint.

Even if you will be painting the walls the same color as the ceiling you want to protect them from drips that can dry into visible bumps on the wall s surface. I know some of you are probably rolling your eyes and thinking this is true no matter what height your walls are and what does this have to do with painting in rooms with high ceilings. However painting high walls can be a challenge. I m here to tell you that it matters.

When it s time to paint them though it may at first seem like a daunting task. Over the years high ceilings have become more and more popular. If you don t have access to a ladder or if the only ladder you have is too short there are some tricks you can use to get the new paint all the way up to the ceiling. High ceilings give a room a sense of spaciousness and grandeur that may belie its actual square footage.

High ceilings and walls make a home feel open spacious and stately.