Porches and Other Outdoor Spaces

Porches are wonderful places to embrace the seasons, entertain friends, or dine with loved ones. In these pages you will find fresh ideas for making the most of your porch whether it’s traditional or contemporary; a place you use for entertaining or for sleeping.

Includes decorating ideas for creating atmosphere, interior design techniques specially adapted for the shelter of the porch, and planning ideas for the perfect porch.

Whatever your budget or style, this essential sourcebook will inspire you with porches that are delightful to live with and easy to achieve.

James Grayson Trulove is a book publisher and editor in the fields of landscape architecture, art, graphic design, and architecture. He has published, written, and edited over 40 books including, most recently, The New American Swimming Pool, Hot Dirt Cool Straw, Ten Landscapes: Topher Delaney, Ten Landscapes: Michael Balston, and New Design: Amsterdam. Trulove is a recipient of the Loeb Fellowship from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He resides in Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y.

Connie Sprague is a writer and editor in Northern Virginia. She has won awards from the Virginia Press Association for her columns and critical writings that appear in The Fauquier Citizen, a weekly newspaper in Warrenton, Virginia.