Whether you Have a Porch of your own or simply love beautiful, inventive architecture, this book will awe you with forty of the country's most stunning and original porches. From San Francisco to Savannah, Vero Beach to Martha's Vineyard, from resurrected, becolumned old beauties to modern marvels, each porch is both a revelation of design and a magical retreat emphasizing its owners' unique design sensibilities.
Introduction 6
Coastal Porches
Grand Illumination - Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts 14
A Gulf Coast Rain Porch - Point Clear, Alabama 22
A Lowcountry Porch - Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 30
A Mediterranean Revival Loggia - Palm Beach, Florida 36
A Poolside Pavilion - Vero Beach, Florida 40
Wyldwinde - Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts 46
Farm Porches
Brown Woods Farm - Stamping Ground, Kentucky 52
A Gardener's Porch - St. Helena, California 58
Nursery Place - Clark County, Kentucky 64
Kortum Canyon Porches - Calistoga, California 68
A Vineyard Porch - St. Helena, California 72
Orchard Porches - Philo, California 78
Woodland Farm - Goshen, Kentucky 86
Urban Porches
The Professional Porch Sitters Union - Louisville, Kentucky 94
A Parkside Retreat - Savannah, Georgia 98
Rockhouse - Coconut Grove, Florida 102
Harmony Hill - San Francisco, California 108
Porches for Earth and Sky - Savannah, Georgia 116
An Ashland Park Porch and Solarium - Lexington, Kentucky 120
Midnight on a Monterey Square Porch - Savannah, Georgia 124
Waterfront Porches
Villa Allegra - Miami Beach, Florida 132
A Hill Country Hacienda - West Kerr County, Texas 138
The Porches at Snake Ravine - Poplarville, Mississippi 144
A Camp Porch - West Fairlee, Vermont 148
A D-I-Y Porch - Miami Lakes, Florida 152
An Antebellum River Porch - Vernonburg, Georgia 156
Riverfarm Nursery - Goshen, Kentucky 162
Passumpsic Point - West Fairlee, Vermont 168
Country Porches
The Neshoba County Fair - Philadelphia, Mississippi 176
A Frontier-Era Porch - Waco, Kentucky 182
A Painter's Porch - Savannah, Georgia 188
A Woodshed Porch - Bridgewater, Vermont 192
An Australian Veranda in Sonoma County - Glen Ellen, California 198
Creating Porch Rooms
Bringing a Porch to Light 206
Furnishing Your Nest 210
Adding Color and Comfort with Textiles 216
Design Directory 220
Index 222
Overview
Whether you Have a Porch of your own or simply love beautiful, inventive architecture, this book will awe you with forty of the country's most stunning and original porches. From San Francisco to Savannah, Vero Beach to Martha's Vineyard, from resurrected, becolumned old beauties to modern marvels, each porch is both a revelation of design and a magical retreat emphasizing its owners' unique design sensibilities.