Think about proportion and size. For instance, are you swapping out your old one because it’s too small? Are you planning to install a new vanity in a tiny powder room and need to find something small enough that would fit?
A colorful half bath was added in what was an old laundry porch. New siding was installed along the rear facing side of this wall as an ode to what was once the existing rear wall of the home.
A screen porch runs the entire length of building, built over a dry creek bed on embedded concrete piers. The architect says he worked with the varying topography and native pines, turning the building 30 degrees at one point to accommodate the natural contours of the land.
A screened porch, located next to the living and dining rooms, is used for outdoor entertaining.
A stone path leads from a gravel parking area to the entrance, fronted by a wide stair and small porch. “Since we had to slot it in between so many trees with such vertical proportions, we decided our building would have vertical proportions,” says Panton. At left is the enclosed bunkroom, with the double-height screen porch at right.
The herringbone brick floor bridges the dining room and screen porch, which are delineated by a set of custom glass-and-steel doors.
Some more art in the back yard porch
Florida Room. Originally a screened Entry Porch
View from front porch
Front porch
Screened-in porches run the length of the addition, creating a seamless connection between indoor and outdoor living spaces.
Porch
Porch
The approximately 60-square-foot front porch is the common denominator in all of the Community First! Village micro homes and is one of the main factors that has created such a strong sense of community there.
Partially enclosed, the exterior platform features an outdoor swing that is suspended from the timber-framed porch.
This large screened porch is a favorite destination of the homeowner. "She spends a lot of time on the screened porch because it straddles the meadow and the mountains," said Wiedemann. "And it's directly accessible from the living area and the kitchen."
A large screened porch makes alfresco entertaining easy.
Folding glass doors open from the living room to the red cedar porch.
An outdoor grilling area on the side porch.
Custom Leather & Aluminum Door Handle by Rob Zinn for blankblank, Martis Camp Residence by Jill Dudensing Lifestyle + Design
For a unique Agatha Christie touch, many rooms come complete with a vault, safely tucked behind a vintage picture or wall hanging.
Like many of the decorative items at Porches, lamps are often sourced via eBay and local flea markets. Moon Shine Lamps and Shades Out of Spring Branch, Texas, designed many of the shades.
Upstairs, what Santos calls a “very, very raw” screen porch stood off the master bedroom; the couple enclosed it to accommodate a seating area overlooking an interior courtyard.
Antonio refers to this painting, named Cadires (which means "chairs" in Catalan), as accidental art. The serendipitous markings resulted from the board being under a chair he was painting. "It’s almost like a memory for me; a memory of the process of making the chairs," he says.
Deep yellows can warm up any space. PPG Pittsburgh Paints' Wright Mustard (FLLW321) and Glidden’s Wheat Stalk (30YY 52/515) are two paint colors that complement contemporary midcentury-inspired interiors.
Each home that Wright designed was unique to its circumstances, and the Penfield House was no exception. Set on 30 acres in Lake County, Ohio, the 1950 home has taller ceilings and an elongated profile to accommodate the client Louis Penfield—who was six foot eight.
In the living room, Fred sits beneath Tom Wesselmann’s Claire’s Valentine Banner, from 1973. A George Nelson Yellow Marshmallow sofa from 1956 joins a Darrell Landrum coffee table, also from the 1950s, and a pair of Verner Panton Cone chairs.
The backyard is one of this home’s best features. With a lot that nearly equals the square footage of the home itself, there was plenty of room to play with landscaping.
Completed in May 2018, the Crossfield Street House is the residence of architect Jonathan Pile, his wife Katherine, and their five-year-old son.
The mountain abode is nestled on a quiet street a mere 10 minutes from the slopes, and it shares its lot with a gathering of large trees. The house also comfortably accommodates up to 10 people, so it's perfect for hosting friends and their families.
A vintage table and chairs ground the dining room, which features art by Chaz Bear (also known as Chazwick Bundick).
A custom-designed console fits the wall perfectly and creates a spot to drop keys and mail, or check appearances before going out the door.
Poteet describes the space as “unbearably hot” before he used spray-foam insulation between the exterior walls and the interior bamboo. “Now it’s the equivalent of a steel ice chest,” he says.
Reclaimed bricks and a pivoting, weathered steel door speak to the industrial flavor and salvaged materials found throughout this office renovation by architecture studio Linehouse. The result is a design that is both dramatic in form and texture, but subtle in its natural palette.
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