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, ...

You’re walking the historic streets of Charleston, oohing and ahhing over the sprawling porches of the antebellum mansions, and then you see it the pale blue hue that graces ceilings above. It’s not ...

Have you ever noticed that many porch ceilings are painted the same sky blue color in New Orleans? As pretty as they look, there's meaning behind it that dates back to Charleston, South Carolina in ...