"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A porch is the perfect place to embrace the best of the outdoors while still enjoying all the comfort and ...

Covered front porches can vary in size from modest covered entryways to grand, architecturally intriguing outdoor rooms. Aside from protecting your front entry from rain, snow and summer heat, they ...

Does your home have a covered front porch? Every house I’ve owned, except for the one I live in now (which I did not build), has had one. The first two homes I lived in had magnificent covered front ...

Spring is (finally!) here... and so are the April showers. Don't let a string of gray and rainy days impede your enjoyment of the outdoors. The next best thing to lounging alfresco is enjoying free ...

A Chevy Chase couple wanted to transform their deteriorating deck into a rustic porch but the project took on a life of its own and they ended up with a polished and trimmed, screened-in porch. It was ...