Making A Back Porch Into A Room

So she is happy enough.

Making a back porch into a room.

On the other hand you may create a completely different mood making your. The previous owner had gone to immense effort to add two nearly floor to ceiling windows in the porch that let amazing and gorgeous south facing light into the room. It has 2 doors on the outside one goes into our kitchen and one goes into the master bedroom. 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.

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. The number one reason i dreamed up this entire project was light. That set of 4 widows you see in the center are the widows of our family room. 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.

Make sure that the finished room will have an 8 foot ceiling after the interior is finished too. I have been building outdoor furniture for a few rooms. Lighting up the old porch. Durable fabrics for a covered porch include sheeting ticking and toweling.

Good luck with your plans. A small roof that covers a small porch base might need some expansion to create a 10 by 12 foot room for example. Tour the 660 square foot cottage. Rather than crowd the porch with furniture dueling porch swings were hung and guests are encouraged to pull out chairs.

Consider using synthetic weather resistant fabrics on exposed porch areas. You will see a difference in your heating and cooling bills. Depending on how elaborate you want to make the enclosed porch you can get away with doing most if not all the labor yourself. Using basic interior design strategies you can make your porch and patio into a second living room.

But when it was a porch all that light was wasted shining on a bland storage room wall. The homeowner widened and deepened the front stoop turning it into a porch that s 28 by 8 feet. The porch in the front yard. The porch in the backyard.

Review all roof and foundation needs. Replace a wooden porch base with a concrete slab for example in some cases. Your home looks beautiful. And an outdoor kitchen area.

Woven vinyl coated polyester is waterproof and resists fading. I plan on staying in my home after my husband passed away and i know i would love that room so much. No my wife has not managed to turn it into a room yet.