I'm Going to Paint the Porch Ceiling 'Haint Blue'!
Oh what a wonderful time of year! My favorite in fact! Birds are singing, everything is growing, flowers blooming, grass is green and beautiful! I did a decorating series of living large in small spaces recently. Opening up the home to the outdoors through windows etc. Making the home feel more spacious by bringing the outdoors in and the indoors out! What better way than through porches? Soon I will post more about my front porch but today the talk is about painting the porch ceiling and the 'Southern History' behind some of the colors! Join me won't you!
I've been debating painting the porch ceiling blue. I'm not superstitious. I do however have several things that I won't talk about for fear others will think I'm crazy. I'm not of course but strange things do happen around me, my family, our homes always seem to be built near some type of graveyard that people years before have either covered over or moved (I hope).
Photo credit Between Naps on the Porch
Photo credit Mudpie Studio
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These are a few of the colors I'm thinking about using.
I am from South Carolina and love Charleston! I took this picture on one of our Charleston trips and I do love the Sweet Grass Baskets! Charleston Market
The Insect Myth ( I hope it keeps the bugs away!)
I do love the birds that nest on our porch because they are Chimney Sweeps and keep a lot of the mosquito population down. That would be disappointing if it kept them away. I hope it doesn't.
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I close today in hopes that the precious birds nesting will be off flying happily until next year. We would love to paint but I hope they will return next year because they are just adorable and keep the mosquitoes away! What a joy.
Aren't they just adorable? They are such sweet birds. Join me over at the website I'd love to have you visit.
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I just love the color! It really pops with all the white on your beautiful house. Hope it keeps the haunts away! Have you thought of a bottle tree?
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No, but I sure can go through the wine bottles! LOL!
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@Jacalyn Sounds like you have a good start! Let me know if you get your bottle tree, I'd love to see it!
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