What do I need to extend my home network?

I want to extend the range and services of my existing home network.
It is wired on the first floor from the cable modem to a Cisco 4-port BEFSR41 router to a hub feeding a micro cell, several Windows boxes, a Roku2 box and an NAS.
One of the router ports feeds a  Netgear Wireless-N Access Point WN802T v2 mounted near the first floor ceiling.
That feeds enough signal through to the second floor but it's somewhat weak at the farthest rooms.
The wife won't let me run cat5e between floors or open up walls.
If I put an Airport Express box of some sort on the second floor above the WAP would the two talk to each other and extend my range out across the second floor (and provide print server functions as well)?
Can I then roam on both floors with her win7 laptop and my iPad seamlessly?
Once upton a time I could spell computer. I'm not sure anymore.
Any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks

If I put an Airport Express box of some sort on the second floor above the WAP would the two talk to each other and extend my range out across the second floor (and provide print server functions as well)?
Can I then roam on both floors with her win7 laptop and my iPad seamlessly?
It won't work.. Apple routers are for apple.. it uses proprietary configuration and settings for extend wireless.. so it simply will not work.
You would do better with a second WN802T if it has a repeater mode.. Always try and stick to same equipment.. since apple is not unique in only allowing repeater to its own brand.. the fact is that there is no proper standards.. each one did what was right in his own eyes.. hence chaos.
You can also do it the other way around.. replace the WN802T with an Apple router.. eg a second hand Extreme.. which are a good buy for gen4 or gen5 now.. $60-70 gets you in.. with either a second extreme or an express as the extender. Then you can roam. Seamless that is another question.. Nothing in the wireless world works seamless.. that is too much to expect.

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