Their Parents And Grandparents
“No one would think twice about painting their porch blue because their grandmother’s and their parents’ [porches] were blue. It’s permeated into porch design,” she explained. Lori Sawaya, a color design expert, agreed with this when she spoke to Sherwin-Williams. “Porch ceilings have always been blue in the South,” she confirmed. There is more to the shade than a simple aesthetic choice.
It Is Called Haint Blue
The tradition needed to have begun somewhere, after all. It looks like the habit of painting shutters and porches blue all boils down to a shameful history. When Sherwin-Williams talked about this penchant for haint blue, Sherwin-Williams said that the practice might have become commonplace thanks to the Victorians. Let us find out what this theory has to say.