Not exact matches
Painting porch ceilings «
haint blue» became popular
in the South, and if you're interested
in the... [Read more...]
The novel is told
in a kaleidoscope of seamlessly woven voices and centers around an incendiary romance that consumes everyone
in its path: Myra Lamb, a wild young girl with mysterious,
haint blue eyes who grows up on remote Bloodroot Mountain; her grandmother Byrdie Lamb, who protects Myra fiercely and passes down «the touch» that bewitches people and animals alike; the neighbor boy who longs for Myra yet is destined never to have her; the twin children Myra is forced to abandon but who never forget their mother's deep love; and John Odom, the man who tries to tame Myra and meets with shocking, violent disaster.
«Earthquake bolts,» «piazzas,» «single houses,» and a popular shade known as «
haint blue,» are common
in Charleston real estate parlance.
Some of the ceilings of the piazzas are painted
in a colour called
haint blue, a tradition originating with the local Gullah people, descendents of slaves who believed the colour would prevent ghosts from entering the house.
Dual purpose... beauty and
haint - deterring, all
in one....
On this Andrew Howard - designed porch at The Prairie by Rachel Ashwell
in Round Top, TX, a perfect shade of
haint blue (Yarmouth Blue by Benjamin Moore) sets a «Good Times Only» vibe.