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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue porch ceilings can be traced back to the Gullah Geechee people, who believed they kept ghosts out of the home. Today people ...

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 ...

In the South, people debate their favorite sky blue paint color for porch ceilings as much as they do their favorite biscuit recipe. "It's all about bringing the outside in," said designer Suellen ...

In the South, people debate their favorite sky blue paint color for porch ceilings as they do their favorite biscuit recipe. "It's all about bringing the outside in," said Richmond, Va., designer ...

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 ...

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, ...

When Rebecca Parlakian and Larry Giammo renovated their suburban 1940s farmhouse five years ago, they added a porch. To make the addition look and feel old, as if it had always been there, they ...

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 ...