With the summer solstice comes prime screened-in porch season. If you’re looking at your own porch, you may be wondering how to control pollen or glaring sunlight, or you may simply want to give it a refresh. Or perhaps you’re considering adding a screened-in porch to your home. Technology and design innovations have brought new options such as vinyl windows, motorized shades, folding patio doors with swing door options and more. Check out eight favorite screened-in porch ideas from design pros and see if they spark inspiration for your own porch plans.
1. Open the Porch to Other Spaces
These Greenville, South Carolina, homeowners turned a bedroom on the back of their house into a barroom. They wanted help with adding French doors between the barroom and their existing screened-in porch, and hired Duo Design Studio and Transformation Renovations for the remodel.
“When designing the space, we knew there were two separate spaces for entertaining that were adjacent. Some factors needed to be considered, such as weather and home security. The perfect solution was a door system that could be opened when entertaining large groups but closed during cold weather conditions,” Brian Tribble of Transformation Renovations says.