Perfect Porches Designing Welcoming Spaces for Outdoor Living

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-03-02
Publisher(s): Potter Style
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Summary

Whether you Have a Porch of your own or simply love beautiful, inventive architecture, this book will awe you with forty of the country's most stunning and original porches. From San Francisco to Savannah, Vero Beach to Martha's Vineyard, from resurrected, becolumned old beauties to modern marvels, each porch is both a revelation of design and a magical retreat emphasizing its owners' unique design sensibilities. Book jacket.

Author Biography

PAULA S. WALLACE is president and cofounder of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Under her leadership, SCAD has received awards for architecture, design, and sustainability from the American Institute of Architects, the Art Deco Societies of America, Fashion Group International, and the National Trust for Hispanic Preservation, and she is the recipient of Elle DTcor’s Vision Award for her work fostering emerging design talent. Wallace is the coauthor of A House in the South.
 
CHIA CHONG’s fine art, portraiture, and lifestyle work has been shown internationally and has appeared in numerous publications, including Cosmopolitan, Elle DTcor, and Vogue. Since earning her BFA degree in photography from SCAD, she has traveled worldwide on photography assignments. A native of Penang, Malaysia, she now lives in Savannah, Georgia.
 
ADAM KUEHL’s atmospheric landscape work has been exhibited widely and is featured in both private and corporate collections. His fashion and interiors work has appeared in numerous publications, including Metropolitan Home, the New York Times Style Magazine, and Vogue. He is a graduate of SCAD’s BFA program in photography and has been recognized in 25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers, Volume II.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 6
Coastal Porches
Grand Illumination - Oak Bluffs, Massachusettsp. 14
A Gulf Coast Rain Porch - Point Clear, Alabamap. 22
A Lowcountry Porch - Hilton Head Island, South Carolinap. 30
A Mediterranean Revival Loggia - Palm Beach, Floridap. 36
A Poolside Pavilion - Vero Beach, Floridap. 40
Wyldwinde - Martha's Vineyard, Massachusettsp. 46
Farm Porches
Brown Woods Farm - Stamping Ground, Kentuckyp. 52
A Gardener's Porch - St. Helena, Californiap. 58
Nursery Place - Clark County, Kentuckyp. 64
Kortum Canyon Porches - Calistoga, Californiap. 68
A Vineyard Porch - St. Helena, Californiap. 72
Orchard Porches - Philo, Californiap. 78
Woodland Farm - Goshen, Kentuckyp. 86
Urban Porches
The Professional Porch Sitters Union - Louisville, Kentuckyp. 94
A Parkside Retreat - Savannah, Georgiap. 98
Rockhouse - Coconut Grove, Floridap. 102
Harmony Hill - San Francisco, Californiap. 108
Porches for Earth and Sky - Savannah, Georgiap. 116
An Ashland Park Porch and Solarium - Lexington, Kentuckyp. 120
Midnight on a Monterey Square Porch - Savannah, Georgiap. 124
Waterfront Porches
Villa Allegra - Miami Beach, Floridap. 132
A Hill Country Hacienda - West Kerr County, Texasp. 138
The Porches at Snake Ravine - Poplarville, Mississippip. 144
A Camp Porch - West Fairlee, Vermontp. 148
A D-I-Y Porch - Miami Lakes, Floridap. 152
An Antebellum River Porch - Vernonburg, Georgiap. 156
Riverfarm Nursery - Goshen, Kentuckyp. 162
Passumpsic Point - West Fairlee, Vermontp. 168
Country Porches
The Neshoba County Fair - Philadelphia, Mississippip. 176
A Frontier-Era Porch - Waco, Kentuckyp. 182
A Painter's Porch - Savannah, Georgiap. 188
A Woodshed Porch - Bridgewater, Vermontp. 192
An Australian Veranda in Sonoma County - Glen Ellen, Californiap. 198
Creating Porch Rooms
Bringing a Porch to Lightp. 206
Furnishing Your Nestp. 210
Adding Color and Comfort with Textilesp. 216
Design Directoryp. 220
Indexp. 222
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