If you get a chance, try to enjoy some of the exquisite complimentary toiletries, the Zero Percent Collection by Gilchrest & Soames.

As part of Porches unique aesthetic, local company Crispina Ffrench Bedspreads was recruited to furnish each of the rooms’ distinctive tonal patchwork linens and bedding. For those looking to recreate any of the Porches looks on their own, room furnishings are available to purchase through a retail list created by the inn.

Connecting suites and floors, a series of Victorian hallways and staircases give the interiors a New Orleans-like feel.

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.

For a unique Agatha Christie touch, many rooms come complete with a vault, safely tucked behind a vintage picture or wall hanging.

If you can’t make it downstairs, complimentary breakfast can be delivered to your suite inside galvanized metal lunch boxes by Comes L. May Fabricators—an homage to the workers who used to inhabit the property.

If you feel like hanging around for a little bit before venturing out, meeting rooms and a business "nook" are located on premises.

Porches Inn has 26 distinctive guest rooms, each averaging 300 square feet, including 18 regular and three extended-stay suites. Each suite includes a kitchenette and washer/dryer, five suites feature a loft, and eight guest rooms offer private outdoor porches.

A 14-by-38-foot outdoor pool and hot tub with heated deck is open year-round, 24 hours a day. A sauna, shower, and changing rooms are also nearby. For those looking for a workout, a separate building houses a 425-square-foot, 24-hour modern fitness center with large plate-glass windows overlooking MASS MoCA.

Relax at night (or in the daytime if you’ve have an especially long week) with a cocktail at the in-house Porches bar.

Painted bureaus and bedside tables made in Vermont mix with an eclectic assortment of vintage furniture. Though it varies room to room, artwork is predominately paint-by-number style from the 1950s and 1960s.

As part of an overall design aesthetic, patterned-wool area rugs decorate the floors, while an extensive collection of mid-century lamps, etched glass mirrors, and vintage vinyl upholstered furniture accent deep taupe–colored contemporary pieces.

A great meeting point for other travelers, the dining hall features a complimentary breakfast buffet and plenty of wholesome sunlight.

Part of an ongoing motif, vintage and thrifted plates are set up throughout the interior of rooms and in several of the hallways.

Giving an extra dose of country home comfort, window treatments of natural linen panels are placed in each of the rooms. Featuring grommets and wire in lieu of rod pockets, all window treatments were designed by Fitzpatrick and manufactured by Country Curtains, the catalogue company her parents started.

Lined with antique rocking chairs, the space has a laid-back summer camp quality that seems to extend through the seasons.

With four primary color schemes featured, headboard walls are painted terra cotta, pale blueberry, celery green, and sage green to complement wooden floors painted olive green, red, pumpkin and buttercup. As part of her creative process Fitzpatrick conceptualized the design for each room by first establishing its color combination, and then matched vintage and modern pieces to accentuate the hues.

For a luxe evening soak, larger bathrooms (measuring 75-100 square feet) feature either Jacuzzi-style or claw-foot bathtubs with separate showers. The bathrooms also boast slate floors and distinctive touches like frosted glass and mirror frames salvaged from the building’s original window frames. Bathrobes and towels hang from metal wall pegs reminiscent of 19th-century Shaker design.

Here's another view of the hallways.

Located on the site of renovated mill worker’s quarters, Porches still retains its aura of down-to-earth livability even as it houses some of the world’s most impressive artists. Consisting of six multi-hued 1890’s Victorian row houses, its two connecting porches give the illusion of one extremely long vacation cabin. Designed by Nancy Fitzpatrick (the mastermind behind the newly revamped Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts) and her design team, Porches is situated directly in heart of the Berkshires, 2.5 hours from Boston and 3.5 hours from New York City.

An outdoor shower was the family’s first construction project. “Doing the shower made us realize we can build things the way we want to build them,” says Meg.

Architecture firm NADAAA planned a striated addition to a brick neo-Georgian house in Boston with the owners’ primary goal in mind: to engage with the outdoors year-round. The walls of the rear kitchen and living space are virtually all glass, allowing sight lines to the existing gardens and new pool house through a series of framed vignettes onto the backyard landscape. The glass box is bookended by uniform “fins” that mark the edge of each picture window, as shown here. Photo by John Horner.

For a cost-conscious 2,000-square-foot renovation located 30 minutes outside of Austin, Texas, architect Nick Deaver took a look around for inspiration. He spied galvanized metal cladding on the region’s sheds and co-opted the inexpensive, resilient material for his own design.

Behind an unassuming 19th-century facade in Singapore's Joo Chiat neighborhood, Ching Ian and Yang Yeo's renovation of a typical shophouse venerates tradition while looking squarely to the future. Photo by Richard Powers

"The most challenging part of the design was fusing the old part of the house with the new addition," says principal architect Alex Terry. The character and architectural integrity of the single-level 1950s ranch house was thoughtfully reconsidered during the addition and remodel. The home’s front porch, typical of the period, was refreshed with Ipe decking and railing.

Fed up with flashy, environmentally insensitive beach homes, architect Gerald Parsonson and his wife, Kate, designed a humble hideaway nestled behind sand dunes along the New Zealand coastline. Crafted in the image of a modest Kiwi bach, their 1,670-square-foot retreat consists of a group of small buildings clad in black-stained pine weatherboards and fiber-cement sheets.

When the Ferguson Sauder family—parents Meg, a school counselor, and Tim, a design instructor, plus kids Cole, Olive, and Asher—wanted a multifunctional backyard addition, they decided to build it themselves. Two Liftoff chairs by Tim Miller, one of Tim’s former students, surround an oil-drum fire pit set in granite dug up on the property. On the deck, the Panamericana chair is by Industry of All Nations.

Moskow Linn Architects of Boston tackled this ground-up renovation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a client who wanted to maximize efficiency. Photo by Eric Roth.

“Segovia is a very central region, but an underdeveloped one,” de la Quadra-Salcedo says. “Traditionally devoted to agriculture and mainly livestock, it flourished in the sixteenth century but now that the older generations are disappearing, there is a problem of abandoned villages and fields.” The structure highlights the rural surroundings.

The screen porch serves as an auxiliary dining area and extends past the house to capture views and cross breezes.

The large wraparound porch links the two main houses and two guest cabins, and is the site of many impromptu shared meals.

Located in Springfield, Missouri, this modern farmhouse designed by Kansas-City based firm Hufft Projects exudes the traditional vernacular of Kansas with an updated take on the conventional form. The rolling hills and expansive land resemble the tone of quaint Marquette.

Thanks to Matthew Hufft, their envelope-pushing architect and longtime friend, Hannah and Paul Catlett have a new home in southwestern Missouri that’s a fresh, unconventional take on the traditional farmhouse.

The outbuilding serves as a studio, a guest house, and a playroom. A Murphy bed sourced from Craigslist was customized with a birch surround to give it a built-in appearance.

A found Eero Saarinen Executive chair was restored with help from a local auto body shop.