Tis the season for sweet tea and rocking chairs; happy hour cocktails and wicker chaise lounges. It's that time of year in the South when life moves outside—to the porch. And if your outdoor ...

While texture-painting a ceiling is not a solution for deep cracks, it is an attractive way to conceal light ones and add interest and dimension to an otherwise flat surface. After patching and ...

Calming Blues. In the South, a touch of blue paint on the porch is nothing new. “Southerners have been painting their porch ceilings a pale blue green, or haint blue, for hundreds of years, and ...

The weathered frame adds texture, character, and a touch of nostalgia to the porch, ... This blogger went all in with a coat of Black Magic paint on the porch ceiling—and it totally works.

Across the South, the tradition of painting ceilings blue is passed down from generation to generation. There are many stories and legends as to why, and it’s not just about keeping bugs at bay.

Dark Paint Colors. So what about dark colors?Don't rush out and paint your porch ceiling black or brown just yet. You may want to avoid any woody colors, as wasps do like to build their nests in ...

Q: Our porch ceiling is plagued with mildew.My wife dutifully cleans it off with a bleach solution every year or two, only to see it return. There is no evidence of leaking in the roof above, nor ...

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 ...

Katie Rigby of Huntsville painted her painted the ceiling of her front porch and noticed something unusual. “I have fewer bees hovering around the blue painted side porch than the stained ...

A: The mildew is growing because the porch ceiling gets wet, most likely from condensation that forms there because of the way a porch straddles the divide between indoors and outdoors.