Painting Walls With High Ceilings

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.

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. High ceilings and walls make a home feel open spacious and stately. I m here to tell you that it matters. Keep reading to learn how to paint high walls and ceilings.

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. 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 ve already covered how to paint textured ceilings on diy painting tips but today i want to go over how to paint high ceilings. Painting ceilings can be tricky. We chose sherwin williams paint for this room and it was so thick that it didn t splatter. High ceilings give a room a sense of spaciousness and grandeur that may belie its actual square footage.

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.