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 ...

More than 10 years ago, Anna Colborn-Knoll helped a friend move to Savannah. The Georgian, Federal and Regency styles of architecture were striking. But there was a subtle splash of color that ...

Also, blue is on the cool side of the color wheel – and you know how we all need to stay cool down here. Another interesting fact is that because of the inexact nature of its origins, there is no ...

"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 ...

What is all this mumbo jumbo? Well, it turns out that for centuries now homeowners down south have been painting their porch ceilings various shades of light blue in an attempt to ward off “haint,” ...

The story of haint blue stretches back centuries to South Carolina’s Lowcountry and Georgia, where porch ceilings were painted a soft, watery blue to ward off spirits. Originating with the Gullah ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Tour guide Alphonso Brown knows one of Charleston’s most common design trends well, because he grew up with it in his childhood home in Rantowles. “We painted the (porch) ...

About a decade ago we painted the ceilings of eaves and porches at home and at the office with a light color blue paint traditionally called "haint." I continue to be fascinated by how clean these ...

In a follow-up to the Dec.1 Post and Courier article on the origins of “haint blue” porch ceilings, readers may want to know that John Bennett (1865-1956) asked the same question in the early 20th ...

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 ...