The "outdoor room" gives you more fresh air and maybe fewer germs. In a recent post, I showed a new house designed by Tom Bassett-Dilley with screened porches, which you don't see very often anymore ...

Lisette Oser uses her family's screened back porch as an extension of the family room in their Arts and Crafts home on Audubon Boulevard. She and her husband, Rusty, have dinner on the porch almost ...

August is a tough month in Bloomington for coming up with new Homes stories. Many of our neighbors are out of town, enjoying a few final weeks of calm before the whirlwind of the school year. Others ...

In the above video, Craig Conover gives fans a peek at his home renovations and reveals his plan to upgrade his backyard with “a deck that will eventually connect with the screened-in porch,” an ...

Q. I’d like a modest screened porch on the back of my house, which has a walkout basement and a slight overhang, similar to the front of a garrison. Is this a job to hand over to a good contractor, or ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

As an extension of your home's interior, a back porch can double your living space and create an intentional hang-out zone for warm weather days. Whether you have a small patio or sprawling outdoor ...