In rooms that don t get much light white ceiling paint is best as it works to reflect more light into these darker spaces.
Light blue ceiling paint.
Design firm toledo geller traced the ceiling beams with a high gloss cobalt blue paint to accentuate the architectural quirks in this dining room.
The color should be close to that of the paint e g a white light gray or light blue primer for a haint blue porch ceiling.
Some say that the color prevents wasps from building nests we re not much for haints or wasps so we ll take.
Jan 28 2018 explore nancy s board blue ceilings followed by 129 people on pinterest.
May 18 2020 explore molly dansby s board blue ceilings followed by 560 people on pinterest.
But maybe you don t want to go with white.
The blue porch ceiling would confuse the spiders mosquitoes bees and such from building their homes along with the porch ceiling.
Or as it s known in the south haint blue.
The speckled wallpaper softens the intensity for.
If your walls are white and the ceiling has a flat smooth surface consider painting your ceiling a softer color such as a lighter peach a sky blue a very light gray or a pale yellow to give your space a breezy feel.
Blue porch ceilings became widespread in the victorian period when blue paint first became available to the masses.
If you re looking to paint your ceiling a color to make it really pop i m very partial to a light blue ceiling.
Back paint color technology back design blogs back industry links back case studies digital color wall your color your way sherwin williams colorsnap get free color chips.
But again it seems confusion is a key part in sky blue ceiling color.
Lay drop cloths on to protect the porch floor from splatter.
See more ideas about blue ceilings colored ceiling painted ceiling.
This theory doesn t seem to work now so we believe that maybe the lime in the paint long ago is why the insects didn t make a home on the porches.
This charming ceiling paint tradition looks so great in a living room or dining room.
Another version of the tradition explains that the haints were afraid of water and would therefore flee at the sight of the watery hue on the houses but if you re not one for believing in haints you may still want to paint your porch a nice light blue for a more practical reason.