New Preservation Hot Topic reveals why porch ceilings are often painted blue
- Blue porch ceiling at Historic New England's Lyman Estate, also called The Vale, in Waltham, Mass.
Homeowners often ask how a porch ceiling should be painted, and take for granted that an old-fashioned porch ceiling was always painted blue. But research shows that blue porch ceilings were not typical, and indeed, the treatment for most porch ceilings, at least early in the last century, was to varnish the ceiling, which most often was lined with tongue-and-groove match or bead-board.
Nonetheless, blue porch ceilings are common, so where did the idea of the blue porch ceiling originate?
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