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YEARS AGO, when I floated the idea of a screened-in porch to my opinionated, renovation-savvy friends, some thought it frivolous. One considered the plan old-fashioned. “I don’t get it,” she said. But ...

As exciting as the warm weather can be, lounging outside all day requires setting some boundaries. Enter screened in porches! These breezy extensions of your home allow you to appreciate your outdoor ...

We have entered the season for seriously planning your home's outdoor spaces, and it’s time to assess the local trends. For starters, the days of the minimal backyard footprint are gone in Fairfax ...

Screened porches get plenty of action in the fall, from serving as spots for a morning coffee or an evening cocktail to football watching. The spaces have an element of nostalgia as well. “My ...

Q. I have a wood deck that receives intense sunshine during the middle and late part of the afternoon. Mosquitoes and flies that call my back yard home also pester us constantly when we are on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the early days of the pandemic—back when many people were only leaving their homes when it was absolutely necessary—having any type of outdoor space made a big difference, and helped people feel ...