I want to paint the ceiling on my porch--both of them.  Alot of the southern porches in the US  9and of course I am not in the south), use a color called haint blue.  It is a blueygreeny color.  My question is do you think it goes with a reddish brown house?  We have a wooden home (i don't knwo what to call it other than that it a 'sided' wtih wood.).   And it is all the smae color, the sides, the porch floors, the porch ceilings, the lattice on the small back porch.

ALL reddish brown.  I want to add some brightness to the porches.  Especially the large one out front that looks over the pond and island.  It is elevated and you can only access it from inside the house.  The house wall on the porch is not wood, it is field stone so I thought maybe I can use the haint blue on that ceiling.   I got a second hand wicker love seat and two chairs for out there too.  I love sitting out there at night and in the afternoon.   I saw in a magazine solar powered chinese lanterns, the round rice paper ones, except these are nylon not rice paper.  They were also about $20 a piece.     But I really like them.  It would add to the atmosphere---I'm really reaching here to talk myself into buying them!

So, if anyone has any suggetions for the ceiling colors, let me know.  I absolutely love the southern porches in the pastel shades with flowers on them but I have to work with this dark reddish brown.  I thought I could incorporate the haint blue into the cushions or the table cloth to tie it in.  What do you think?

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Posted by deedeeuk

I'm not sure what the color 'haint blue' actually looks like. I thought though that a nice soft green might look nice with the reddish brown and maybe tie in nicely with the natural green of the surrounding countryside? Just a thought!

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