Comments on: Hooked on Porches

By: Marg

Marg — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:48:51 +0000

To sit out on the porch in the summer with a tall glass of iced tea and a good book is devine. You should have a look at http://www.davidgillarts.com for some really swell porches. I have one of his lithographs on the wall next to my bed.

By: Vero

Vero — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:35:17 +0000

My childhood house in Canada (til I turned 7) had a large veranda – Porch-like but with the added benefit of mosquito netted windows all around.

We’d eat, sleep and watch thunderstorms out there. Sleeping there on warm Summer nights was the best compromise; parents didn’t have to supervise us camping, yet we felt we were outside!

Mmm I do miss it too!

By: Alice W.

Alice W. — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:11:02 +0000

I long for a lovely porch! The one in the last photo with the chandelier would be amazing! I would stay out there all day…

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:55:55 +0000

One day I will have a big beautiful porch, with a few rocking chairs a table with a large vase of fresh flowers and a glass of lemonade.

Loved your photos.

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By: Coding Mamma (Tasha)

Coding Mamma (Tasha) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:29:26 +0000

I would love one, too. Our next door neighbours actually have one, a bit like your first picture. It’s gorgeous, though they spend a lot more time out the back – they also have a wonderful and huge garden, with lovely nooks and crannies throughout. So very jealous.

By: The Tiny Homestead

The Tiny Homestead — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:05:07 +0000

those are great porches. there’s really something about porches on white houses, isn’t there? Mine is brick and I love it, but it’s not the same as a big porch on a white frame house.

By: Cass @ That Old House

Cass @ That Old House — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:02:46 +0000

Porches are marvelous! We are lucky to have had one in our last home, and now an even bigger one at That Old House, our current home.

Last June, we hosted 80 people for my daughter’s college graduation party, and our outdoor party turned indoors when the heavens opened and poured rain. Some 2 dozen guests found refuge and comfort on our front porch, out of the weather and enjoying the splash of water off the roofs.

I hope you do indeed get that house with the porch — it’s a wonderful bit of welcoming architecture!

Cass

By: Animators Wife

Animators Wife — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:11:25 +0000

Miss the big porches of my childhood in New England. Unfortunately that American trend isn’t everywhere, even in America. In the west coast the style is rare.

Porches are more than architecture they are the way a community connects and engages in one another’s life. They should be EVERYWHERE! Great thing to be hooked on…

By: Luphia

Luphia — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:45:55 +0000

i wish i lived in somewhere hot enough for a beautiful porch, especially these white ones are so so beautiful!!