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How to Paint a Wall in a Tight Space

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When I painted my kids’ shotgun bathroom, I used one of my favorite paint tools – a PaintStick.  Using a tube inserted into your bucket of paint, you suck paint into the handle of the stick and then push the paint through the roller.  By not needing to use messy paint trays or having to climb up and down a ladder to constantly load a roller with paint, it makes painting a breeze.

Well, it’s a breeze until you need to paint a small space.  In the kids’ bathroom, the end of the PaintStick hit the wall behind me while I was trying to paint the wall in front of me.  It was really irritating, and I ended up doing some sort of PaintStick yoga to be able to paint the bathroom.  It was far less irritating than using a paint tray, but irritating nonetheless.  I never wanted to have to invent my own PaintStick yoga poses!

Then, HomeRight (the company who makes the PaintStick) sent me a PaintStick Mini – a new product that they had just developed.  Y’all, it’s the same thing as a regular PaintStick, but just in a Mini Me version.  Why couldn’t this have been on the market when I was doing my PaintStick yoga in the bathroom?!?

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Compared to the PaintStick, the PaintStick Mini worked just as easily.  Its pole is shorter and its roller head is smaller, so that makes it easier to get into tight spaces and corners.  You do have to reload it more often than the original PaintStick, but that’s the price you pay for a shorter extension pole.

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I’m working on my big 2013 project (hey, I still have a month and a half until 2014), so I decided to give my PaintStick Mini a whirl in a small enclave I have by my staircase.  In all honestly, I was waiting for a pork roast to be finished in the oven and decided that this wall couldn’t go on being beige for one second longer.  Am I the only one to decide things like that?

So, in 30 minutes I was able to cut in with a paint brush and roll this section (and a little more not pictured).  The next day, I applied the second coat in the same time frame.  In an hour total, I transformed this space  from a blah blah beige enclave to something that feels exciting and new to me – and so much more modern than the builder’s beige.

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Now I have two favorite paint tools in my holster – the PaintStick and the PaintStick Mini.

Disclosure: I have been compensated for this post by Homeright.  All opinions – and PaintStick yoga poses – are my own.

About Lindsay Ballard

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.

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  1. Doris Henson says

    Looks beautiful!! I know exactly what you mean when you said…. “this wall couldn’t go on being beige for one second longer.” Around 14 years ago I had both knees replaced and I was sitting in my living room after my last replacement ….and I looked at the carpet on the floor and decided RIGHT THEN that it had to go. I was able to move all but 2 pieces of furniture…I just use a box cutter and cut the carpet out around them. Wasn’t able to get on the floor and pull staples or take up the tack strips….my daughter and her husband came the next day and did that for me, They also moved the other furniture and took up those pieces of carpet. I felt tired that night …but so good to finally have that carpet gone.

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  5. Cherlyn Kuecker says

    Is yours a Standard Pacific home like ours? Our builder used PPG’s “designer white” on the trim and because I’ve been wanting to paint my walls white, I considered just using the “designer white” so that I wouldn’t have to repaint all the trimwork.

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