Making A Back Porch Into A Room

And an outdoor kitchen area.

Making a back porch into a room.

We have loved having such a huge porch it was actually hard losing this because we ve had so much fun back there but we ll be adding on a new porch eventually. Your home looks beautiful. No my wife has not managed to turn it into a room yet. But when it was a porch all that light was wasted shining on a bland storage room wall.

Good luck with your plans. Using basic interior design strategies you can make your porch and patio into a second living room. Tour the 660 square foot cottage. It has 2 doors on the outside one goes into our kitchen and one goes into the master bedroom.

Acrylics available at tent awning and fabric stores sew up easily into soft furnishings and curtains. Although a sunroom is essentially a high caliber enclosed porch you can still turn your open porch into an enclosed setting and create an additional space that doesn t depend on the weather. She is bothered by some birds over the back porch though. Consider using synthetic weather resistant fabrics on exposed porch areas.

The porch in the front yard. Replace a wooden porch base with a concrete slab for example in some cases. To maintain continuity with the interior use the same style especially if a porch or patio is visible from the living room or family room. Woven vinyl coated polyester is waterproof and resists fading.

So she is happy enough. On the other hand you may create a completely different mood making your. That set of 4 widows you see in the center are the widows of our family room. Make sure that the finished room will have an 8 foot ceiling after the interior is finished too.

A small roof that covers a small porch base might need some expansion to create a 10 by 12 foot room for example. I plan on staying in my home after my husband passed away and i know i would love that room so much. Durable fabrics for a covered porch include sheeting ticking and toweling. Review all roof and foundation needs.

We have a big covered porch on the back of our house that i would love to turn into a sun room you have inspired m to look into it. I have been building outdoor furniture for a few rooms. The porch in the backyard. The homeowner widened and deepened the front stoop turning it into a porch that s 28 by 8 feet.

Rather than crowd the porch with furniture dueling porch swings were hung and guests are encouraged to pull out chairs. The number one reason i dreamed up this entire project was light. Depending on how elaborate you want to make the enclosed porch you can get away with doing most if not all the labor yourself.