Use brick to warm and cool a home. With its mass, brick is a natural heat sink. During the day, brick will absorb the sun's radiation and retain it as heat. During the night, when temperatures are cooler, brick will give off this heat, keeping the interior cooler in summer and warmer in winter. This natural ability, combined with deep verandas, kept many old Southern homes quite comfortable throughout the year.

The ceilings of front porches old and new have long been painted blue for a variety of reasons. Tour guides in Charleston, South Carolina, claim that the color keeps the bugs at bay and was originally introduced to keep spirits away. Some claim it extends the daylight hours. Some simply like the color, since it reminds them of the sky. In the South, the perfect front porch color is referred to as Haint Blue. Fortunately, most of the major paint companies have a formula for that perfect shade, making finding the right color easy.

porch railing

handrails

Possible, but looks cluttered

Pretty brick work

Windows

hardware on shutters

I like the brick color

windows, brick, shutters, front door! light fixture

brick

Windows

Bricks

bricks

A HÁZ

Brick over window.

Front steps

steps and porch design - colonial

Love

Shutter color, natural door

shutters and brick

Porches

gray shutters

my house in Pongwe

Brick with white trim

Brick pattern

Brick and porches

navy shutters, white trim, and wooden door

Front of house

Nice color scheme. Nice contrast. Look open, happy and inviting :)

shutters and brick

wood door, black shutters

Shutters

brick steps

Window To The Sea!

Brick

love brick and porches

Fence and steps

Brick and mortar

Brick

shutters

steps, sidewalk

Front steps with banisters

Perfect amount of texture and dimension

Columns and balcony

neat look with color on rails and shutters matching

Double decker porch/brick front face.

love the house style

front porch facelift?

front porch

Shutters

Brick

steps

Red Brock and wood stairs. Not made of metal or glass

Brick and white grout and navy shutters

Haunt blue ceiling color

brick

Shutters

outside

Walkway

front porch

Love brick w long shutters

Porch

Love

Navy blue against brick

Dark blue/gray shutters

Balustrade idea for SEZ

Railing

COLOR ACENTO

brick design-walkway

Love porches

Covered porches

stairs

Doors and shutters

look at shutters

brick and trim

brick risers

great house

house

Colors and ceiling

Large rail post

Porch rails

Beautiful two story veranda on brick front Georgian colonial.

Shutter color

dope

House

like old southern homes

Patios are lovely

Navy blue shutters

stairs

Porch

urns and topiaries

Mix of brick with the dark blue shutters and stained front door

Brick, navy shutters wood door

Main entry

blue shutters

Entryway topiary

blue

Double front porch colonial

love the door and shutter color combination on this house

Blue for door

Triple porch

Brick

Steps

3 porches?

Brick around windows

Front steps

Herringbone brick walkway

Balcony and porch

love this brick, love the front door and the shutters. this could be exactly how we want the house to look

ceiling!

Tara look

Front steps vinyl raills

Shutters

Outside

Brick

Pretty

2 Story house with balconny

Multiple levels

Love this house

Blue shutters

Black door with red brick

Navy shutters with orangey wood door

step railing

This brick,front door, shutters

Porch

BACK PORCH

Love

wow!!!

top of rail black

Planters and topiary

South

poarch rails on steps

3 level porches

love brick

Blue shutters, wood door

Steps

porch

Brick

White trim / dark shutters / wood door / porch (though would only do 1 story)

Porch

black on top of railing

Nice brick too

Outside

i like that you can fit that many shutters....and it still looks cool

Door

Plantation porches

front

Exterior

Shutters

Brick color

southern, low country style

Front

My favorite front porch

12" columns

front porch steps

Belle Meade

Shutters

Brick plus porches plus haint blue ceiling! YES!

love shutter brick contrast and color

Dream house

Painted porch rails

porches

House

brick

Can we say big

the look of the house

porch

Like the shutter color

Porch brick

Like brick

Colors

Poteaux

Steps, shutters and door

Side hrw

color of shutters

Subtle curve on step handrails

12" columns

like the subtle blue trim

ciemne okiennice w kolorze dachu

double decks!!! traditional exterior

Shutter color with brick

12 inch columns

I like it

古竹张宅

brick plantation exterior

color of the brick is fabulous and I love the porches

Brick stairs

Porches

door

Windows

Love the verandas.........beautiful, beautiful!

Dressy

Porches

porch roof

love this Charleston style home

Crepe myrtles, beds extend to sidewalk