A front porch can be a comfortable outdoor room, and it also does an important job of protecting the front door from the weather. (Dreamstime) Perspective by Tim Carter Q: The house I grew up in had a ...

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 ...

Sarah Johnson placed a cooler full of ice and beverages on her front porch at 6 p.m. on a recent evening for “Front Porch Friday.” Johnson, a recent transplant to the Twin Cities from Omaha, started ...

Front porches fit with the trend toward traditional home design, and they meet homeowners' desire for a more casual lifestyle, he said. What's more, Melman said, porches feed people's desire to belong ...

Q: The house I grew up in had a covered front porch. A few of the houses I owned after getting married also had this wonderful accessory. It seems that large front porches are being kicked to the curb ...

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