Many apartments with high ceilings are for sale in Russia. These are old houses, which we call «Stalinkas», but there are also new buildings with high ceilings, as well as townhouses and suburban housing. But if you decide to paint the walls in a room with high ceilings or just glue the wallpaper, then you will not only have to go to the online store of finishing materials and purchase them in much larger quantities, but in addition buy various special tools and take into account a number of features in working with high walls.
1. Choose the color you want. In this article we will not talk about colors and combinations (there are many such articles), but remember that for an apartment with high ceilings you need to choose a specific finish.
2. You need a ladder. You may not buy it, but rent it from your HOA or even at your local hardware store.
3. To paint walls in rooms with high ceilings, you need to buy a roller with a telescopic handle. They are not expensive, but they are more convenient to work with. Yes, you already have the stairs from the second point, but it is more convenient and faster to work with two feet on the floor. The ladder you will use for the ceiling details.
4. Use high quality paint. This seems like great advice for all types of painting work, but it works best for high ceilings. Good paint is thick enough not to splash in all directions, splatter or drip. When it comes to high ceilings, this is not only relevant from the point of view of fast and smooth painting of the walls, but also from the point of view of economy. The better the paint shrinks, the less it is required. In addition, good paint is not toxic, and you will work with your head constantly raised, so you should not additionally strain your respiratory tract with harmful odors — your head will start to hurt. Bad paint does not sit evenly, and painting high walls evenly is initially difficult. So don’t make life difficult for yourself — buy good paint right away.
5. When buying paint, choose one that will allow you to work in one layer..
6. If you can, choose a paint that is close in color to your ceiling. When you paint from bottom to top, there is a good chance that your edge-to-edge transitions will not be crisp. If the color of the wall is in strong contrast to the color of the ceiling, the unevenness will be especially noticeable..
