Porches are a very popular gathering place, and not just for us. Mosquitoes and moths flit around porch lights all night long. Spider webs and wasp nests appear without warning and seem to find a way ...

A porch ceiling painted the wrong blue can shift a home’s entire personality, from welcoming to jarring, in a single ...

What's your pandemic project? Have you used your time at home to tackle a project you've always wanted to do, but didn't have the time? Built bookshelves? Created a chicken coop? Completed a room ...

Jesse Ellis Sr. knew how to elude haints. He would head for the swamp. "He always said when they were running from the haints if they could get across the water they'd be safe," said Brian Rodgers, ...

The right porch ceiling ideas can pull together your entire outdoor space. Whether you paint it in a contrasting color, add wood panels for rustic charm, or drape UV-resistant fabric like voile or ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Tour guide Alphonso Brown knows one of Charleston’s most common design trends well, because he grew up with it in his childhood home in Rantowles. “We painted the (porch) ...

Appalachian Folklore - Haint Blue Porch Ceilings that comes from the Gullah Geechee culture In Old Appalachia, people painted their porch ceilings haint blue to keep out spirits called “Haints” out.