Two summers ago, Tom Macina and fellow residents of his six-flat condominium building in Lincoln Park began wondering if it was time to replace their decades-old back porch. “The wood was rotting, the ...

You can add this screened-in porch to almost any house, but the attachment details may vary from what we show here. On most two-story houses, you won’t have to worry about tying into the roof, but you ...

Adding a porch to a front door can vastly improve kerb appeal - providing a lovely inbetween area when transitioning from the outside to in. They don’t just add a thoughtful design flourish, but they ...

A front porch can be a comfortable outdoor room, and it also does an important job of protecting the front door from the weather. (Dreamstime) Perspective by Tim Carter Q: The house I grew up in had a ...

Dean Johnson, Miriam Johnson and the Hometime crew add a few more square feet of living space to a small urban home by framing in a second-floor screened porch. They also add finishing touches with a ...

As we dig out from snowstorms, turn the heat up against the unrelenting cold, and throw another log onto the fire, I thought perhaps an article about summertime pursuits might be encouraging. As hard ...

Q. Our 90 year old house has a front porch that is falling apart. It looks like the stones that are holding up the front posts are tipping to the side or sinking downward, pulling the porch floor and ...

Q: I've seen a few concrete porches with stucco exteriors being rebuilt around the Bay Area. Can you discuss their construction and what goes bad requiring their repair? I have a concrete porch that ...