You can spend $10 to $70 on an adjustable extension for rolling paint in high places. But if adjustability isn’t important or you just want to save a few bucks, try using a push broom handle as a DIY ...

EVEN ACCOMPLISHED DIY-ers and veteran home-improvement wizards find paint projects so demanding and exasperating they outsource them to pros. Still, said Portland, Ore., painter Mike Snelson, “there ...