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The Hobdy home in Natchez, Miss., uses a traditional blue on the porch ceiling, seen Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Folklore says the color will not only keep insects away, but it also keeps away haints ...
Haint blue is a collection of pale shades of blue-green that are traditionally used to paint porch ceilings in the Southern United States. [1] [2] Hex #D1EAEB is a popular shade of haint blue. The tradition originated with the Gullah in Georgia and South Carolina. The ceiling of the slave quarters at the Owens–Thomas House in Savannah ...
Florida cracker style house Florida cracker architecture or Southern plantation style is a style of vernacular architecture typified by a low slung, wood-frame house, with a large porch. It was widespread in the 19th and early 20th century.
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Perched on Jewfish Key, a 38-acre island between Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island, this Southern Living Showcase Home is accessible only by boat.The coastal retreat is one of just eight homes on ...
The ceiling of the slave quarters is painted haint blue, which was customarily used in Gullah culture to deter ghosts or other malevolent spirits. [11] It is notable as the largest swath of haint blue paint in North America.
Howard called on the “natural combination” of greens and blues for this easygoing sunroom, dousing the walls and ceiling in a shade matched to Ralph Lauren Palm Leaf (VM106) and indulging a ...
The Revere Quality Institute was a consortium of the Revere Copper Company, Architectural Forum magazine, and select architects and builders across the country. It was established during the post-war building boom of the late 1940s, with the goal of promoting the development of bold, new, creative, and affordable approaches to residential living.