Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever been to Charleston or Savannah, you may have noticed the very pretty light blue porch ceilings that are common in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Porches and Southern homes often go hand in hand, particularly if the house is older. They are places to take naps, relax, enjoy ...

Sitting under the shaded porch of a Southern home, your eye may wander and catch a blue colored ceiling above your head - a staple across the South - and people are just finding out why. The hues of ...

What started out as a Southern tradition, blue porch ceilings have become a trend across the country. “Haint” blue is a pale shade of blue that is traditionally used because of old beliefs. Today, a ...

Have you ever been walking through a neighborhood—especially in the South—and looked up to see a porch ceiling painted a soft, sky-like blue? At first glance, it just seems like a pretty design choice ...

Jesse Ellis Sr. knew how to elude haints. He would head for the swamp. "He always said when they were running from the haints if they could get across the water they'd be safe," said Brian Rodgers, ...

Porches are a very popular gathering place, and not just for us. Mosquitoes and moths flit around porch lights all night long. Spider webs and wasp nests appear without warning and seem to find a way ...

All over the South, but certainly in the Low Country of South Carolina and Georgia, you will find porch ceilings painted a soothing robin egg blue. Let me tell you a story about that. Former enslaved ...

Porches and Southern homes often go hand in hand, particularly if the house is older. They are places to take naps, relax, enjoy summer evenings and entertain guests. And if your house is 100 years ...