Mixed Railing, All Railing Veranda Ideas and Designs

Centerville Outdoor Living

deMartin Dunham Builders

The Branches

Elle Du Monde LLC

Open Back Porches

Atlanta Decking & Fence Co., Inc.

Holiday décor on an open back porch This new, open front porch is all ready for Christmas with red accents and festive decor. Bead board paneling with shed roof. Designed and built by Atlanta Decking & Fence.

Eastern Village Home

MGM Builders

Located in a charming Scarborough neighborhood just minutes from the ocean, this 1,800 sq ft home packs a lot of personality into its small footprint. Carefully proportioned details on the exterior give the home a traditional aesthetic, making it look as though it’s been there for years. The main bedroom suite is on the first floor, and two bedrooms and a full guest bath fit comfortably on the second floor.

Linden Shore Retreat, Branford, CT

Joseph Sepot Architects

Providing an exit to the south end of the home is a screened-in porch that runs the entire width of the home and provides wonderful views of the shoreline. Dennis M. Carbo Photography

Front Porch Addition

Lasley Brahaney Architecture + Construction

Our Princeton architects designed a new porch for this older home creating space for relaxing and entertaining outdoors. New siding and windows upgraded the overall exterior look.

Rockingham Way Porch and Deck

Tracy Tesmer Design/Remodeling

In this Rockingham Way porch and deck remodel, this went from a smaller back deck with no roof cover, to a beautiful screened porch, plenty of seating, sliding barn doors, and a grilling deck with a gable roof.

Olivia Bungalow Redux

Custom Design/Build, Inc.

This Arts & Crafts Bungalow got a full makeover! A Not So Big house, the 600 SF first floor now sports a new kitchen, daily entry w. custom back porch, 'library' dining room (with a room divider peninsula for storage) and a new powder room and laundry room!

Wilton Forever Home

Colin Healy Design LLC

The porch step was made from a stone found onsite. The gravel drip trench allowed us to eliminate gutters.

Screened Porch new to Pool

Construction Marketing, LLC

A new screened in porch with Trex Transcends decking with white PVC trim. White vinyl handrails with black round aluminum balusters

Sullivan's Island Remodel

St. Pierre Construction

Backyard screened porch feauting Ipe decking, mushroom board vaulted wood ceiling, soapstone fireplace surround and plenty of comfy seating.

Front Covered Porch

The House Designers

Front covered porch of Arbor Creek. View House Plan THD-1389: https://www.thehousedesigners.com/plan/the-ingalls-1389

Split-Level Porch Addition

12/12 Architects & Planners

Front Porch Conversionrailing

Rise construction services

This older home got the face lift it deserved. During construction people passing through would stop and compliment how well it turned out. The home owners were ecstatic with the results, and so were we.

Front Yard Beautiful Entry Landscape

Landscape Logic

The front yard and entry walkway is flanked by soft mounds of artificial turf along with a mosaic of orange and deep red hughes within the plants. Designed and built by Landscape Logic. Photo: J.Dixx

Eagle Creek Outdoor Living Space

T. Morgan Construction, Inc.

Indoor-Outdoor Living at its finest. This project created a space for entertainment and relaxation to be envied. With a sliding glass wall and retractable screens, the space provides convenient indoor-outdoor living in the summer. With a heaters and a cozy fireplace, this space is sure to be the pinnacle of cozy relaxation from the fall into the winter time. This living space adds a beauty and functionality to this home that is simply unmatched.

Entheogenic Design

The Vrindavan Project

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Fox Street Farmhouse

L. Cramer Builders + Remodelers

When your porch offers phantom screens, comfortable furniture, and a fabulous stone fireplace, outdoor living is perfect.

Fort Mill SC Outdoor Living Combination Space Design

Deck Plus, LLC - Outdoor Additions

This outdoor living combination design by Deck Plus has it all. We designed and built this 3-season room using the Eze Breeze system, it contains an integrated corner fireplace and tons of custom features. Outside, we built a spacious side deck that descends into a custom patio with a fire pit and seating wall.

02 - Traditional Acadian Southern Porch

Aspire Fine Homes

Mixed Railing, All Railing Veranda Ideas and Designs

While they may not be as large as their US equivalents, in the UK and Ireland verandas, pergolas, porches and porticos are still handy little halfway houses between your driveway and your front door or your garden and your back door. Verandas are structures that cover an area next to your house, usually over a patio or decked area at the back as part of your garden, and they offer a sheltered outdoor space that you can enjoy all year round. Pergolas are usually separate from your house but offer basic cover for outdoor dining or simply relaxing. Porches can either give you shelter from the rain (perhaps as you find your keys at the front door) in the form of a basic, open porch canopy structure, or be built out into a small room or vestibule where you can remove and store coats, shoes and umbrellas. Porticos fall into the former category of porch design but are much grander than regular porches, usually with colonnades at either side of the door supporting the porch roof and giving a regal touch to the exterior of your home. If you think your home could benefit from a sheltered outdoor structure, either for dining outside or just taking your coat and boots off as you enter your house, take a look at the porch, portico and veranda ideas, designs and photos from homeowners and designers to take inspiration.

How do I choose a veranda design?

Glass verandas are one of the most common veranda designs because they let in light, offer slight shade and still protect from the elements, while wooden verandas are also popular due to their traditional-looking style. If your garden and house exterior are styled classically then a wooden veranda or pergola may be the way to go and you may want to consider tiling the roof of the veranda with the same type of tiles you have on your main roof, so everything ties in neatly. Wrought iron and glass verandas can also look classic in their style, appearing almost Victorian, and if you have dark framed windows or other ironwork in your garden or home, this style of veranda could work nicely. Metal and glass verandas would better suit contemporary tastes, and if you don't want the normal pitched roof style, look at flat roofs and verandas and pergolas in unique shapes and designs. You can choose to have either a supported veranda with posts, similar to a pergola structure, or a cantilever veranda that protrudes from a wall of your house without support via posts to the ground. Obviously if you want more space under your veranda then a cantilever veranda is the way to go, but the look of cantilevers is not always to everyone's taste. Otherwise you may only need posts at each end that won't have to be large and in the way if you need the room.

How do I choose a new porch?

Think about what you want from your porch – if, for example, your front door opens straight into your living room, you may want the added privacy of an enclosed porch rather than a portico-style covering. Appearance is, of course, all-important; the front of your house, after all, creates the first impression of your home. uPVC porches are great for insulation, but they may not look as good aesthetically. It’s important that your porch design fits in with that of your house, so keep brickwork and materials similar or complementary. Front doors provide a wonderful opportunity for dressing your house – embrace colour and gloss, and add attractive embellishments with door knockers, letter boxes and wall lights. But don’t just take our word for it; take a look around for inspiration. Once you’ve decided which type and material of porch or portico would suit your house – whether it’s a brick, glass or an oak porch, you can now focus on the design and have a look at some great porch ideas from other Houzz users. Find images of traditional wooden porches that give a warmly welcome, large glass porch extensions that dramatically change home exteriors, and pictures of stone front porches and porticos.

Will I need planning permission for my veranda, pergola, porch or portico?

Usually verandas will need planning permission as they are not classed as permitted development under Class A, but there are exceptions, so check with your local planning authority first. Provided that your porch or portico follows the stipulated guidelines, it will be exempt from planning permission and building regulation approvals. Ensure that the external floor area of the porch is within three square metres and that its height does not exceed three metres. Finally, the furthest edge of the porch should not go beyond two metres of any boundary of the house and the road. If the porch or portico you want is bigger than these dimensions, make your life easier by employing a builder or porch specialist who will handle the planning and building regulations for you. Pergolas, as garden structure, also do not need planning permission as long as they adhere to standard regulations, but again, check online or with a professional before building one.

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