Drywall Stilts- Now These Are Cool!

I have never before heard of drywall stilts. When I saw a photo of them as I was shopping Buy.com for home improvement stuff, and they caught my eye. Oh my gosh, I think I love these things!!

I have a house with 9 foot-high rooms on the first floor. A few years ago, when we renovated our living room, we had to rent a huge drywall lift to install the drywall onto our living room ceiling– what a headache! And then we had to spackle and paint the ceiling from ladders, ugh… doing the drywalling is my least favorite home improvement project. I loathe it. So what do you do when you have a HUGE project that you MUST do and it’s one that you loathe?

Find a cool tool to make the chore less onerous. And drywall stilts are pretty neat! They are on sale at Buy.com. I did some research into the stilts to se if they really work. It’s looks like they do. I found this extremely educational video about drywall stilts!

I suppose you could rent the stilts. But if you have a huge house like I do, where home improvement drags on for, uh, years, then renting is not financially sound. It’s better to buy some, use them, and then resell or give away to someone in need when you’re done with them. Or, you could keep them for those moments when you’re called upon to be Abraham Lincoln in a parade or something…

The pair I saw at Buy.com was for only $99, and they are solid built. They look cool! We may invest in something like this when we start to renovate again, next spring. By the way, if you want to get some good prices on home improvement products (like paint, caulk, everything) and power tools– check out Buy.com. I’m a frequent customer and can attest to their great service and prices. I always check them out before making a trip to the Big Box retail stores.