I have seen this on houses near the ocean. It's not the same color, just shades of blue. Is it an old nauticle superstition?
2006-11-05 11:50:36 · 4 answers · asked by jak_newnan 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Several years ago,I saw (I think it was Martha Stewart) on a TV show that if you paint the underside of your porch roof blue,that birds will not build nests in the porch. If this is true then I can see why they do it near the water....seagulls can be ornery!!!
2006-11-05 12:10:58 · answer #1 · answered by jidwg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i answered this months ago and this is really true: it is called haint blue....old wives tale is that it keeps spirits away, but the real reason is that is will stop spiders from building nest and other animals......
i live in a east coast town and many of the house here near and on the harbor r painted this color.....
2006-11-05 20:21:44 · answer #2 · answered by bigg_dogg44 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A New England tradition, to simulate the sky.
Like painting your door red, it says that God is present.
2006-11-06 00:05:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light reflection
2006-11-05 20:01:08 · answer #4 · answered by BUBBA~THE~POOCH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋