Elsbeth Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I am hopeless with color schemes. I'm getting close to finishing my smaller scale Pepperwood (built from the plans!). I plan on posting an album when done. I was too scared to do anything but white clapboard. HELP: I would love input on the color of the porch floor. Gray? White? Natural? distressed white? Mine is white clapboard with white window trim and a dark green roof. Red brick foundation on the back and sides, and white lattice on front porch. Very white. And olde-tyme - the interior is not modern. The porch will be folksy (rocking chair and wreaths). I'm worried a white porch floor will be too much white. What color would you do? If you had a boring white house like mine... This is a Pepperwood: And this is similar to my color scheme: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NellBell Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I teter between white and light grey but I love this look . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnmini Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I grew up in a farmhouse with a light grey porch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 White or grey will be lovely, I lean towards white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 With my White House porch I carried the interior floor stain out to the porch. However, it’s a small porch so it doesn’t look too heavy with the darker stain. I’m all for the grey, too. http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/?app=gallery&module=gallery&controller=view&id=131352 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickyfingers Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Grey/gray/greige. LOVE a white farmhouse!!! Can't wait to see it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 This sounds wonderful! For the porch, I think I would do gray, probably a lighter shade. That sticks in my head better as a porch color. I wouldn't think practically white would be used much, because it would get dirty. Can't wait to see pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SewMini Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 33 minutes ago, stickyfingers said: greige. :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intrinsicat Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Yes I vote for griege too, in fact I just painted my master bathroom IRL something called useful grey - which looks like griege. Haha... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I agree a grey or greige is traditional for a porch. White would be too impractical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalesq Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 What’s not to love about all white!? I've done dark green and grey porch floors, blue or white ceilings for any overhangs. I saw a Pinterest image of a grey porch that was done like marble that was lovely. I think your color scheme image looks great too and that looks like it’s got a light grey porch. Try some paint on swatches and then go with what you like best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Every porch I've ever had in RL had a gray floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Another vote for light gray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I vote for white, aged slightly along the edges with a light wash of tan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 It's a porch floor, so it will have scuff marks from feet and marks from dragging the porch furniture here & there, and the rocking chair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I vote for a gray floor and a light blue porch ceiling. The whys behind a blue porch ceiling. I like the bit about the Haints the best. The Significance of Haints Blue ceilings are popular and have been popular in the South for centuries. "Porch ceilings have always been blue in the South," says Lori Sawaya, an independent Principal Color Strategist. "People continue to paint their porch ceiling blue because that's what their grandmother did, and that's what her grandmother did." But many Southerners suggest that blue porch ceilings originated out of the fear of haints. Southerners, especially in the area of South Carolina, have a name for the ceiling paint used on porches – the soft blue-green is referred to as "Haint Blue." "Haints are restless spirits of the dead who, for whatever reason, have not moved on from their physical world," says Sawaya. Haint blue, which can also be found on door and window frames as well as porch ceilings, is intended to protect the homeowner from being "taken" or influenced by haints. It is said to protect the house and the occupants of the house from evil. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Haint blue is very common in Vero Beach. But we never see it 100 miles south in my hometown. I’m painting it on my White House porch ceiling next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 I don't know what I'd do without a color-crew like you! I am going with "Greige"...and I LOVE the story about haint blue. Gray-Greige it is. Thank you all! Will post an album when it is all done. It has been a lot of fun making this little house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
third_hand Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 That haint story is fantastic! I love the idea of painting the porch ceiling to keep away ghosts and ghouls Until I relocated to Oregon in 2016, I lived between Florida (FL being my permanent home) and North Carolina (and occasionally Georgia). I do remember seeing those blue ceilings; I never thought about why everyone chose blue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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