Comfortable rattan chairs, cushioned in red, yellow, and green, add cheer to this outdoor living room. Ceiling fans help cool the space during sultry summer days, while three copper-finish lanterns contribute to the ambience. Read more about the Abberley Lane Idea House. Durable accessories and furnishings give this porch a cozy living room feel. Patterned pillows and a faux zebra-skin rug are paired with natural colors and textures for a striking effect. It melds gorgeously with the brick walls, lending an unexpected, but so aesthetically pleasing, blend of colors on the walls and ceiling.
The furniture adds a sophisticated cream-cushion base, and the dark piping on the sofa cushions elevate the neutral base with elegance. Key Elements of a Great Porch. Modern planters mirror the clean lines of the house and add juxtaposition with the quirky, interesting shapes of the plants within. This variety of plants and natural shapes adds visual interest and breaks up the modern, spacious horizontality of the design. No need for overhead additions, this open space is low-maintenance and ideal for cloudless climes. The multi-level porch setup gives the impression of even more space; the horizontal lines draw the eye out, widening the porch-scape and expanding the scope of this modern, livable area.
Tour this Modern Nashville Home. This comfortable screened porch is sparsely decorated, making the surrounding woods the focal point. This is a perfect place for enjoying the weather and nature while shaded from the elements. Stylish contemporary white chairs are a great alternative to outdoor furniture, and they are just as durable, all-weather, and all-purpose, ideal for this indoor-meets-outdoor space.
Tiny potted plants in varying sizes perch on the sills of the screen frames and add a touch of whimsy.
They also demarcate the screens, adding depth and delineation to where the porch stops and untouched nature begins. Tour this s Cabin Makeover. Designed for entertaining, the back porch offers indoor comforts and outdoor style. A teak dining table and casual seating encourage leisure time and easy conversation. There are no overwhelming features in this porch space, and all of the elements work together to cultivate the impression of comfort and smoothness.
It is a welcoming space, with shades of warm beige and soft garden green melding together in a visual picture of ease and balance. A few plants and touches of yellow in the potted flowers add life to the space and make it more welcoming. Little embellishment makes for a simple, inviting space that is weather-proof, guest-proof, and kid-proof. Expert Tips for Entertaining Outdoors. This space mirrors both the function and the layout of an interior living room.
An outdoor sofa and club chairs are arranged around a central hearth.
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This design makes visiting with friends outside seamless and just as comfortable as sitting indoors. No need to fear pattern when upholstering your furniture—a bright green and white swirl-patterned fabric brightens up this space. The light fabric and flooring balances the gravity provided by the ceiling, which is painted in a dark green hue, and the fireplace, which is built from an array of rounded stone.
The effect of these additions is balanced, snug, and welcoming. Tour the Hemlock Springs Idea House. Taking center stage in this patio is a half-circle of cushy, deep seating with clean lines. This makes for a comfortable place for hanging out, while sheers suspended from supports create the ultimate chill zone. In lieu of a coffee table, this patio offers planters filled with ice and beverages—perfect for a party. The white sheers draw the eye upwards; their purpose is threefold: The plants really steal the show in this patio tableau. This patio was created from recycled materials.
Just as a quilter sews together fabric pieces, these homeowners married stone, brick, and cobble pieces to create a charming space. It is rustic and cheeky all at once. There is a cheerful playfulness created by mixing so many heavy stones with different colors, patterns, and textures. Thanks to the stone, brick, and cobble mixture, this pattern is durable and all-weather.
It is also cohesive, a hybrid of materials that becomes, practically, a piece of artwork in your backyard. Evocative of an individual secret garden, this flower-filled, snug space is a natural oasis. This cabana evokes the striped tents on the beaches of Brighton on the southern coast of England. It is cheery, with a lovely pattern infusion.
The garden chairs are a bright cobalt; this is a color that plays well with the verdant greens of a lush garden. If you have chairs of this material and style and you would like to get them painted, find a painter who does powder coating.
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No matter what color you choose, the powder-coated chairs will retain their integrity while stationed out in the garden season after season. Tour this blue-inspired garden. The enlarged chess game will delight kids and adults alike.
To recreate this effect, you could paint the chessboard design on the patio boards themselves, or you could construct and paint your own large, movable chess set. With one swap of the pieces, the board become a checkers game as well. Here, green lattice disappears into the mass of plants beyond and demarcates the spacious, open porch within.
A garden arch opens up to the backyard and allows for easy movement between the game area and the grassy yard. Tour this lakeside garden. This unique patio includes a pergola with a retractable canopy of outdoor fabric that is great for protection from sun and rain. That one feature extends the appeal of this outdoor space and allows the family to take advantage of it in more days, more seasons, more varied weather scenarios.
Comfy seating is centered around a fireplace and creates an outdoor living area that is great for parties and entertaining. This sort of versatile, spacious patio is ideal—and has the square footage—to add a grill, a pizza oven, a fire pit, or any other outdoor features that increase the functionality and fun of the space even more. Tour the Bayou Bend Idea House. This small space, tucked on the side of the house, packs a big punch of design.
Four 6- by 6-foot posts across the front of this patio arbor give the structure a substantial feel and creates a border, making the space feel like a cohesive, contained area without diminishing its openness and airiness. Two lattice panels, which support Armand clematis vines Clematis armandii , provide a sense of enclosure, and with just a few cascading, winding tendrils, they evoke the sensation of a romantic, untamed garden in a few square feet. Greenery at the ground and a bright pink pillow add additional vibrancy and life. Classic blue hydrangea blooms take center stage around this neutral-toned patio dining space.
From a screened porch to an ivy-adorned wall to a tree growing, canopy-like over the space, it is an outdoor paradise, a garden escape in your backyard, tucked unassumingly in your neighborhood. Outdoor rooms change over time. The homeowners built this arbor the first year they were in the home. When the wisteria covered the top, they realized it was a great room. The garden's structured design plays off of the free-form look of the wisteria. There are so many pretty moments in this patio, all provided by pretty, lush plants deployed in different styles and areas of the space: Thoughtfully chosen fabrics for the upholstered outdoor furniture give this porch polished appeal.
Touches of burnt orange play off of the undertones in wood details. The burnt orange adds warmth and mixes well with the pops of leafy green in this beige-toned space. A large, metallic-framed mirror adds a bold focal point. The fireplace is framed by simple pillar candles and, in lieu of a fire, another tropical, leafy plant resides in the firebox, beneath the simple, warm wood mantle. A large central ottoman serves a trio of purposes—it can be used as an ottoman, as additional seating, or as a place to rest a book. These shutters not only add interest and texture to this house, but they also offer privacy and protection from the elements.
They can close off the porch or be opened to let in the Gulf breeze. This covered porch is large enough for a pair of chairs in a pretty muted cornflower shade. Pretty, white outdoor draperies frame the space. These draperies pull closed and offer shade, privacy, and protection from the elements. This welcoming spot is the perfect place for morning coffee for two. This back porch oasis allows you to recline, enjoying the morning paper and rising sun, or soaking in the ocean breezes and cool coastal nights.
Louvered shutters add a little privacy to this porch space and fresh apple green accents punch up the color scheme. The creaminess of the white columns and louvered shutters create a beautiful base for the fun—slightly cheeky—brightness of the apple green upholstered cushions. The mix of cream and apple green mirrors the contrast between the cream paint and verdant greenery beyond the patio. Painted brick—here, in white—offers another way to customize your home, brighten it up, and add some modern flair.
In this picturesque porch scene, the vaulted pitch of the arbor mimics the lines of the garage roof behind it. This effect makes the garage more background than feature. The brick chimney helps to draw the eye upward, creating height and keeping the attention on the fireplace, which features a mix of fieldstone and brick for added interest. The entire seating area is elevated, improving views of the surrounding property and offering a lovely, raised view of the blue swimming pool below. A ceiling fan under the arbor assures year-round comfort, even in the swelter of August.
Mix reclaimed materials to get the look you want. The doors slide on a new track to ensure ease and comfort, but the rollers are antique meat-hook wheels from a meatpacking plant. This mix of age and materials really gives the space a sense of place. See More Salvage Design Ideas.
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Comfortable lounge seating makes this screened porch a perfect place to relax and take advantage of the summer breeze. A mix of rustic and traditional, the choices in wood and fabric colors give the space an overwhelmingly cozy sense of inviting warmth. No central table allows for more flexibility in the room; you can push the furniture about, customizing the design depending on the day, and always ensuring that you have enough floor space for your guests.
This porch is decorated with pieces that flow with the rest of the furniture in the house, ensuring a seamless transition from indoor to outdoor, home to porch. In designing this porch, the family was aiming for a collected-over-time look. A stone-and-iron table pairs with wooden chairs. Rattan wicker chairs sit underneath copper lanterns.
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The overall effect is one of distinct style and collected elegance. See More of This Decorator Porch. Cozy seating areas all around this porch keep the conversation flowing. Here, a porch swing turns into a favorite reading nook with a warm throw and cushy pillows. An abundance of places to sit create small, plush vignettes sure to invite guests to stay and relax awhile. It is essential to keep the space still feeling open, though. The flow of people an conversation can be cultivated across areas through intentional furniture placement and design.
Imagine that you are walking onto your porch for the first time. What is the first thing you see? What areas are you drawn to? A bit of imagination will allow you to see your space in a new way, and then arrange accordingly. This second-floor porch has a sense of privacy, with solid railings and overhanging eaves. The cushions, in aqua, green, and white stripes—ideal colors for this setting—are nice complements to the ever-changing colors of the sea. The woven frames are made from durable resin to stand up to the corrosive salt air so that this family could decorate their space and not constantly worry about keeping it looking nice.
This porch is furnished with stylish, weather-resistant pieces that will look nice—and inviting for guests—on this porch for years to come. The chairs, made of clear-sealed metal, add a touch of industrial chic to the space, and they stack for easy storage. A hanging lantern adds a brush of elegance. A second-floor porch at the beach always feels further from the earth but closer to the ocean. This second-floor Gulf-front porch with two Adirondack chairs facing the water is an ideal spot from which to watch the sun rise and set and listen to the ocean waves lapping on the shore.
The horizontal rail, chosen here rather than the conventional vertical pickets, which are often used as railing, provides a seamless view and a clean, stylish look. Native stone and timbers add ambience and set the tone for the architecture. Flowers from the garden bedeck the table, while colors from nature inspire the setting for this porch. Views into the landscape invite you to linger at the table and take in the lovely surroundings. Simplicity can be so elegant. Painting the floor and furnishings all the same shade gives a cool, monochromatic depth to any porch, and allows for the porch to blend into the garden beyond.
This beautifully crafted bar cart, The Sidecar by Moore and Giles , is a great way to store liquor, glassware, bar tools, and anything else needed to complete your own miniature bar. The cart, made of Virginia black walnut, birch, leather, aluminum, and brass, is wheeled to make sure the party can travel with you. Perfect for drink-lovers without the space for a full bar. Skip to main content. Meet the New Trad Class of ! Great Gatherings Cooking School. Apples, Red Cabbage, and Kielbasa. Beautiful Gardens Outdoor Living. Gorgeous Formal Charleston Garden. Collecting Travel Classic Woman Awards.
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The deck was small, lacked a focal point, and needed an upgrade. The 19th century home has new porch that deliver farmhouse style in a beautiful way. Before the renovation, there was no outdoor living space. The L-shaped screened porch creates a space for relaxing and gathering. Share the gallery Pinterest Facebook. Everything In This Slideshow.