How to Paint a Striped Wall

On the first round, you'll tape off and paint every other stripe and let them dry. For round two, you'll mask along the edges of the painted stripes to bracket off the unpainted ones. Before you start, put X's of painter's tape over the stripes you want to skip. Then, from a step ladder, start at the top of each stripe and work your way down, creating solid lines with tape along both borders of the stripes to be painted. Let the tape extend at the floor and ceiling for easy removal. Draw arrows on the tape pointing toward the area to be painted.