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Back Veranda with Natural Stone Paving Ideas and Designs

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Friendship
Friendship
Fine Decks Inc.Fine Decks Inc.
This 16'x27' 3 season porch can host large groups of guest. All the screened window units have the option to be closed. With the installation of 3 heating units in the ceiling this place is cozy even in the winter.
Screened Porch with Lower Level Patio
Screened Porch with Lower Level Patio
DC Design LLCDC Design LLC
This screened porch starts just off the driveway, wraps around the back of the house and connects to the kitchen. The wooden porch is combined with composite decking. Under the porch is a covered patio and access to the fire pit.
Traditional Lake Home
Traditional Lake Home
ID Studio InteriorsID Studio Interiors
Southern Living Idea House
Southern Living Idea House
Providence DesignProvidence Design
Wingspan
Wingspan
WESKetch Architecture, Inc.WESKetch Architecture, Inc.
Outdoor Retreats
Outdoor Retreats
Wills CompanyWills Company
Screen Enclosures
Screen Enclosures
Air Sun Screen & Awning Inc.Air Sun Screen & Awning Inc.
Custom Screened in Patio, Los Altos
maple-bluff-traditional-screen-porch-addition
maple-bluff-traditional-screen-porch-addition
Architectural Building Arts, Inc.Architectural Building Arts, Inc.
Joe DeMaio Photography
Southern Transitional Home in Greenville, SC
Southern Transitional Home in Greenville, SC
Tindall Architecture WorkshopTindall Architecture Workshop
Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse
Brad Ramsey InteriorsBrad Ramsey Interiors
Hampton
Hampton
place architecture:designplace architecture:design
Our clients’ goal was to add an exterior living-space to the rear of their mid-century modern home. They wanted a place to sit, relax, grill, and entertain while enjoying the serenity of the landscape. Using natural materials, we created an elongated porch to provide seamless access and flow to-and-from their indoor and outdoor spaces. The shape of the angled roof, overhanging the seating area, and the tapered double-round steel columns create the essence of a timeless design that is synonymous with the existing mid-century house. The stone-filled rectangular slot, between the house and the covered porch, allows light to enter the existing interior and gives accessibility to the porch.
Hickory Hill | Rustic Modern Cottage
Hickory Hill | Rustic Modern Cottage
Vision InteriorsVision Interiors
This cozy lake cottage skillfully incorporates a number of features that would normally be restricted to a larger home design. A glance of the exterior reveals a simple story and a half gable running the length of the home, enveloping the majority of the interior spaces. To the rear, a pair of gables with copper roofing flanks a covered dining area and screened porch. Inside, a linear foyer reveals a generous staircase with cascading landing. Further back, a centrally placed kitchen is connected to all of the other main level entertaining spaces through expansive cased openings. A private study serves as the perfect buffer between the homes master suite and living room. Despite its small footprint, the master suite manages to incorporate several closets, built-ins, and adjacent master bath complete with a soaker tub flanked by separate enclosures for a shower and water closet. Upstairs, a generous double vanity bathroom is shared by a bunkroom, exercise space, and private bedroom. The bunkroom is configured to provide sleeping accommodations for up to 4 people. The rear-facing exercise has great views of the lake through a set of windows that overlook the copper roof of the screened porch below.
Bright Screened-In Porch
Bright Screened-In Porch
Harbour Towne ConstructionHarbour Towne Construction
This beautiful, bright screened-in porch is a natural extension of this Atlanta home. With high ceilings and a natural stone stairway leading to the backyard, this porch is the perfect addition for summer.
Stone Farmhouse Renovation
Stone Farmhouse Renovation
Jonathan Miller ArchitectsJonathan Miller Architects
Ockley Manor 2
Ockley Manor 2
Kingswood Custom HomesKingswood Custom Homes
Concord New Farmhouse
Concord New Farmhouse
Patrick Ahearn ArchitectPatrick Ahearn Architect
Greg Premru
Screen Porches & Glass Sunrooms
Screen Porches & Glass Sunrooms
Cheshire Glass CompanyCheshire Glass Company
Terrace House
Terrace House
Murphy Mears ArchitectsMurphy Mears Architects
Photo: Tria Giovan | Veranda
Kinney, Too
Kinney, Too
Studio KohlhaasStudio Kohlhaas
This 1,398 SF home in central Austin feels much larger, holding its own with many more imposing homes on Kinney Avenue. Clerestory windows above with a 10 foot overhang allow wonderful natural light to pour in throughout the living spaces, while protecting the interior from the blistering Texas sun. The interiors are lively with varying ceiling heights, natural materials, and a soothing color palette. A generous multi-slide pocket door connects the interior to the screened porch, adding to the easy livability of this compact home with its graceful stone fireplace. Photographer: Chris Diaz
Porches
Porches
Lasley Brahaney Architecture + ConstructionLasley Brahaney Architecture + Construction
This generously sized new side porch breaks up the mass of the main house and provides shaded shelter for a variety of family activities. The white tapered square columns and railings, mahagony decking enhance this colonial home. Tom Grimes Photography

Back Veranda with Natural Stone Paving 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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