If you have ever stepped up to someone's front door, especially in the south of the country, and noticed a wonderfully painted blue porch ceiling, you may wonder why they chose to make such a ...

Painted porch ceilings are as southern as ice-cold sweet tea. And if you've ever sipped tea on a southern porch, you may have noticed the playful blue ceiling above you. This unique home detail is a ...

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 ...

A porch ceiling painted the wrong blue can shift a home’s entire personality, from welcoming to jarring, in a single afternoon. The wrong undertone or intensity does not just miss the charming haint ...

For Southerners, the famous blue porch ceiling stems from a rich cultural history, though it also comes with some surprising ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you've ever traveled down south to Georgia, Florida or South Carolina, you may have noticed a trend of ...

It seems every home has a room that is a sun porch, front porch, back porch or what ever type of porch you want to call it that has a plywood ceiling. My sun porch has just that. The ceiling is a ...

In Richmond, people debate their favorite sky blue paint color for porch ceilings like they do their favorite biscuit recipe. "It's all about bringing the outside in," says designer Suellen Gregory, ...

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