Your front porch is where your home makes its first impression says hannah yeo color marketing and development manager at benjamin moore.
Benjamin moore porch ceiling paint colors.
The shade is one of our architects white exterior paint picks.
But more often than not the color is attributed to the story surrounding the gullah geechee shade known as haint blue and its influence on american design over the centuries.
Benjamin moore s most flat paint this ceiling specific paint creates subtle design interest against a higher sheen wall as seen here in copley gray hc 104.
Other porch paint colors we love include georgian brick hc 50 hawthorne yellow hc 4 and kennebunkport green hc 123.
Your front porch sets the tone for how visitors will view the rest of your home that s why a fresh coat of paint can work wonders for the area as a whole.
Prepare with the right paint tools to get started you will need a 2 inch angle sash brush painters tape a nine inch roller sleeve and pan an extension pole a step ladder and benjamin moore waterborne ceiling paint.
Image zoom benjamin moore s ewing blue is a muted shade of powder blue with just the slight tint of green that makes piazza blue so unmistakable.
Some say the idea stems from the notion that blue porch ceilings prevented insects and birds from nesting.
Spend a weekend house hunting in charleston or strolling the streets of savannah and you ll likely notice that many of the houses no matter the colors of their shutters the colors of their front doors or even the colors of the houses themselves have one thing in common.
In collaboration with midcentury furniture dealer larry weinberg nyc interior design firm 2michaels chose benjamin moore s simply white for this screened porch on martha s vineyard.
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Floor patio can also be tinted in any one of benjamin moore s 3 500 colors.
Wythe blue by benjamin moore.
So is the tradition of painting a porch ceiling blue.
Benjamin moore simply white above.
This color looks fabulous on a ceiling.
If you are a fan of a more blue green tone for a porch ceiling look at wythe blue hc 143 by benjamin moore.
I used it on my front door which you will find more photos in my spring porch decorating ideas post.
Photograph courtesy of 2michaels.
Whether you want to keep creepy colors at bay add a subtle pop of color or just like tradition this is the best shade of blue for your porch ceiling.
Silver cloud 2129 70 on the ceiling adds an oh so subtle color dimension into the monochromatic mix.