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) ceiling blue and the trim ...

A preponderance of porch ceilings are painted blue, but why? Is it just popular? Is it to ward off spirits, or even pesky bugs? The assistant... Why So Blue? Color Graces Many a Porch Ceiling From ...

"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 ...

If you’ve ever been to Charleston or Savannah, you may have noticed the very pretty light blue porch ceilings that are common in the area. Actually, blue porch ceilings are fairly common all across ...

In recent years, various media outlets have published commentary on a custom in some parts of the U.S. South in which homes have light blue paint on exteriors, particularly porch ceilings, eaves, ...

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 ...

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) ceiling blue and the trim ...

From periwinkle and turquoise to more mellow shades the color of the sky, the paint of choice for many porches across the country is blue. Is it just trendy? Or a talisman of some sort? Carl Langhorne ...

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) ...

Scroll down to read listener-submitted porch stories. From periwinkle and turquoise to more mellow shades the color of the sky, the paint of choice for many porches across the country is blue. Is it ...

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