July 23, 2007 This project happened by accident. George was working on scraping off chipped paint and realized that the ceiling was plasterboard. As he chipped the paint the plasterboard was falling off. Of course this leads us to the next project of installing a new ceiling. We decided to use beadboard and will paint it blue. We were so inspired by the porch ceilings in New Orleans and now we have the opportunity to have a beautiful porch ceiling. It is interesting that today I researched the blue ceilings of the south and learned why blue was popular. It was called "haint blue" and it was known to chaise the evil spirits away. Some other theories is that blue is calming, others believe that a blue ceiling helps extend daylight as dusk begins to fall, and many, believe that it helps keep bugs away. Now the search is on for the perfect blue.

One project always leads to another so George decided to sand down the columns and ledges. This part of the project took the longest since he had to remove over seventy years of paint. It is amazing what you find under each layer.

Time to complete the project: Two weeks Total Project Cost: $590.00 for wood,sand paper, paint remover, rollers, brushes and paint