Porch Roofs Painted Blue

In some places the color is called haint blue an important part of any home inspection is explaining why it should be blue.

Porch roofs painted blue.

Designer suellen gregory chose a pale blue ceiling for a client s porch in virginia beach. Once upon a time in the deep south many people painted their porch ceilings a specific shade of haint blue a soft blue green to ward off evil spirits called haints it s especially common in the historic homes around savannah georgia and charleston south carolina. Indigo was a common source for haint blue prior to the american revolution when indigo was a common crop for plantations in. A serene grayish blue provides a cooling note overhead on the ceiling she explains making it a perfect place to enjoy a morning cup of coffee.

The color is icy moon drops by benjamin moore. We replaced the vinyl with pine beardboard and we painted it blue to match my front door which was always blue and the trim around my front windows. For a soft pop of color on your front porch woelfel suggests painting the ceiling in a simple shade of light gray blue such as gentle sea or light drizzle. There are many theories about why porch ceilings are painted blue.

Another version of the tradition explains that the haints were afraid of water and would therefore flee at the sight of the watery hue on the houses but if you re not one for believing in haints you may still want to paint your porch a nice light blue for a more practical reason. My roof is blue so we went with a darker blue. Porch ceilings in the american south and parts of the northeast are almost always painted blue whether the rest of the home s exterior is white yellow pink or any other color of the rainbow. The tradition originated with the gullah in georgia and south carolina the ceiling of the slave quarters at the owens thomas house in savannah georgia built in the early nineteenth century was painted haint blue.

Some say that the color prevents wasps from building nests we re not much for haints or wasps so we ll take our chances with a picture perfect shade of blue instead. There is a tradition of painting front porch ceilings blue in virginia and perhaps elsewhere and that is so for a reason. The pigment was sourced from crushed indigo plants. Although this was once a southern tradition blue roofs are a growing trend across the united states.

One of my fluff classes at the university of virginia was called virginia folklore. Blue porch ceilings first appeared at antebellum plantations of the early nineteenth century due to the tradition of the gullah a k a geechee people. Kip dawkins in richmond people debate.