How Do You Paint A High Stairwell?
High stairwells can look scary and complicated to paint and you might think you need scaffolding. Having painted literally hundreds of these, I have never needed scaffolding. With a ladder and the right strategy (and some clever tools), you can get to those high parts over the stairs quite easily. Lean an extension ladder on the wall to reach most of the cut in at the top. Sometimes the highest wall will be above the steps in such a way that you can set an extension ladder on the steps. When using a ladder like this you need to complete all the high cut in before rolling the walls so you don’t mar them by putting the ladder back up. Do the remaining brushwork along the ceiling from a landing. Often there will be a section that you cannot reach with either ladder. There are two ways to reach this spot. If it’s not too high, use a brush extender, also called a “broken arm” available at many paint stores. This is a clip which holds the brush securely that you screw onto the end of your ex
