Building a New Porch Railing for a 1920s Home
When Bill Ticineto and Jill Chase added a period-appropriate verandah to their 1920s-era home, building a new porch railing for the steps to their side yard was a necessity. Here's how they did it.
Porches
A look at period-appropriate porches and decks for old house exteriors, including different styles of classic balustrades, columns, architectural gingerbread, porch lighting and porch furniture.
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How to Repair Old Porches
Tips and techniques for restoring and repairing old porches, including repairing porch posts, columns, flooring, skirting and more.
Living on the Porch
Outfit your front porch or screened porch as it was meant to be—an outdoor room with personality, comfort, color, and texture. Furnish it for conversation and for naps. Include a sturdy rug, side tables, pillows, and lots of plants.
Porch with a View
When Hammer Architects added a spacious new porch to an old Watch Hill home, they created interesting opportunities for landscape architect Keith LeBlanc.
Ideas for Porches, Patios & Decks
Wood columns, balustrades, and even fretwork can last decades provided they’re cut from long-lived, dimensionally stable wood with a low moisture content.
Re-creating an Italianate Porch
To create a fitting vintage porch for an 1870s Italianate, this couple looked to historical precedents.
How To Design a Bungalow Porch
Bungalow porches offer a warm welcome. Whether you're building new or renovating an old porch, learn its history and ways to replicate this outdoor room.
New Porches for Old Houses
It’s not always easy to add (or replace) a porch that’s compatible, but help is at hand from period-friendly systems and new wood substitutes.
Porch Details for Every Era
Old catalogs yield clues to appropriate styles for columns and other millwork.
Vintage Doors
Bring beauty and value your home with heirloom-quality REAL wood doors by Vintage Doors. Meticulously handmade by expert craftsmen in your exact size and style—to be loved and respected for generations, just like the olden days. Hand-crafted wood product line includes: screen doors, storm doors, Dutch doors, French doors, louver doors, pantry doors, interior doors, exterior doors, entrance units, three season porch enclosures, pet doors, arch top doors, round top doors, custom doors and more.
Nostalgic Warehouse
Classic-style door hardware, engineered for new construction or historic renovation, lacquer-coated, solid brass, patterned after original antique hardware, passage, privacy, mortise lock, or dummy sets and cabinet hardware and accessories.
Pewabic Pottery
Pewabic fabricates heirloom quality architectural tiles for public and private installations, gift and commemorative tiles, vessels, gardenware, ornaments and both reproductions and adaptations of its historic designs and offers classes, workshops, lectures, internships and residency programs for studio potters and other artists.
