Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Country Living’s Senior Homes & Style Editor, I’ve spent a lot of time looking at and thinking about how to decorate porches.

A screened-in porch is a true treasure—bringing together the comfort of the indoors with the beauty of the outdoors. It can become a peaceful place to relax, a cozy spot to host loved ones, or even a ...

As summer temperatures soar and our bodies break into sweat, we seek shelter indoors, where we’re protected from bugs and heat. But even on the hottest day, we should not disregard the porch. Screened ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For ELLE Decor A-List designer Sheila Bridges, the sprawling enclosed porch in the back of her Hudson Valley home is equal parts ...

Stifling summer heat and pesky bugs persuaded Kim Hitchcock to rework her Decatur, Ga., deck into a covered screen porch. Her deck was only a few years old, so she made plans to bolster the foundation ...

Illustrator Gayle Kabaker and artist Peter Kitchell are well-versed in the pleasures of a summer’s snooze on a sleeping porch. They have not one but two screened-in slumber spots on their rolling ...