A Look At Two New Porches In East Nashville & Germantown, Custom Designed And Built By The Porch Company

Inside the transitional neighborhoods known as East Nashville and Germantown, charm and architectural features are highlights in the up and coming areas.

From Craftsman Bungalows and Mid-Century Modern to Colonial Revival and Contemporary, the variety of these house styles are intermingled within this beautifully diverse area that celebrates the history, art, music and culinary scene within these Tennessee hot spots.

A Look At Custom Porch Project #1 In Germantown

For an overview of our first Germantown custom porch – we’ll refer to it as Custom Porch Project #1 – it was designed with a flat roof ceiling to fit the house style, featuring large stained rafters, a white ceiling and heaters.

For this custom porch project, there was an upstairs balcony that our porch design team eliminated, changing out the balcony door to a window. We did this to raise the roof to get more height in the new ground level porch.

On the Custom Porch Project #1 home, there were existing garage doors going out to the original deck area from their living room. In the new design, transom windows were installed above the garage doors to bring natural light into the house. Another trick to capture as much natural sunlight as possible, we installed skylights for even more light to gently filter into the home.

Over on the right where there was once a side door, we created a new door to the porch back inside, and we built cubbies to create a little mudroom space, a perfect entry and exit point for this active East Nashville couple.

Inside Our Custom Porch Project #2 In East Nashville

Our East Nashville custom design we will refer to as Custom Porch Project #2.  Unlike Custom Porch Project #1, this porch features Cypress Floors instead of the Thermally Modified Wood Porch Flooring  installed in Custom Porch Project #1.

Both porches are low to the ground, and both created some challenges in tying the new porches into the respective existing homes.

With this Custom Porch Project #2, the step-down area, into the back yard, was designed to house the outdoor kitchen.  Stunning blue cabinets hold a grill, a griddle top as well as the green table top pizza oven. Entertaining and outdoor eating was high on the ‘must have’ list for this couple.

The home for Custom Porch Project #2 is a ranch house and at a right angle to it there is the family’s carport creating an “L” shape. Our new porch design connects the carport to the house. There is a single screen door from the carport into the porch and new French doors from the kitchen to the porch providing many ways to access the backyard. Convenience all around with this custom East Nashville porch design by The Porch Company.

The porch nicely connects the carport to the house. Our porch construction team added an extended jam on the French doors so they now can open all the way back against the brick to open up the space into the kitchen.

A cool design feature is the unique mid-century breeze block in the carport and backyard. We complemented this by mimicking the pattern of the breeze block at the bottom of the screened door.

Two Custom Porches With One Great Designer & Porch Builder In Common – The Porch Company

Both porches have the same experiential feel and leisure lifestyle sensibility. One was done on a mid-century remodeled ranch style home; the other one was on a tall and skinny new build that is commonly found all around Nashville. Despite their unique architectural style differences, both have a modern farmhouse vibe – a Porch Company trademark.

How Can The Porch Company Reinvent The Way You Live In Your Great Outdoor Space?

The Porch Company is a Nashville and Franklin-based porch construction company specializing in screened-in porches, open-air porches, front porches, and outdoor construction. From concept to execution, we're here to help bring your porch ideas to life and build a simpler way of living to you and your family.

Our motto is our process: Dream It … Draw It … Build It … and do it as efficiently as possible. Our Porch Company team doesn’t break ground until we are ready to focus on your project.

Then once we do break ground, we do our best to complete the project as quickly as possible. Your project manager will keep you informed and is easily reachable for any questions you may have. Our hope is that the construction process is fun, exciting, and as stress-free for you as possible.

A Stunning Array Of Custom East Nashville Porch Designs Awaits You – And We Would Love To Have Yours Be Next

For inspiration, be sure to view the stunningly fresh custom porch creations in our Portfolio.

Whether it’s for a new stately front entrance porch or the outdoor living space back porch you’ve been dreaming of, it would be our pleasure to bring it to life for you and your family.

So, let’s meet! Call us at 629-209-8856 to schedule your personalized complimentary porch design consultation.

You can also connect with us right here by clicking this Contact link. We look forward to hearing from you.

Gentle “Bahama” Breezes Envelop This Thoughtfully Designed And Accented Backyard Screened Porch

If you’re a fan of outdoor dining with a touch of the tropics surrounding you and your guests, feast your eyes on this romantic dining nook banquette by The Porch Company.

Underneath this gabled roof porch, privacy and fresh Tennessee breezes abound within this charming dining area with comfortable seating for 8 people or more.

Custom built and fashioned from hard maple, this porch banquette seating bench features another surprise – innovatively designed storage drawers. Intended to easily hold dinner plates, glassware, utensils, napkins, and any other mealtime accoutrement, the conveniently located black farmhouse pull handles on both bench ends are as refined as they are practical.

A New Entry For A New Outdoor Living Experience

Our team installed a new set of doors at the home entry point to the porch, consisting of fewer panes, yielding a more modern, more contemporary look. Speaking of “looks”, this porch includes cedar Bahama shutters painted sage green on the exterior around the dining area. Bahama shutters function well for privacy and protection from the elements.  

On the floor, tongue and groove cypress wood welcomes foot traffic, be it for an impromptu visit or a planned day of fun and relaxation.

Up top, the vaulted ceiling interior provides a lovely contrast within the newly designed outdoor room.

Overhead Textures And Colors That Are A Delight To Behold

The use of dark stain on the interior ceiling with off-white painted rafter ties is proving to be a very popular design option for our Tennessee porches of late. The contrasting color hues of this sloped roof interior lend volume and airiness to the space.

You will notice that the new double doors and sidelights are flanked by the home’s natural brick, painted in that same off-white color. This technique adds an effect of expansiveness to the length of the porch, enhancing the surface textures and making the interior design palette more cohesive and relaxing.

To the right of that brick wall, you’ll find our popular Porchco Sapele screened door at the porch entrance, accessible from the backyard leading to the adjacent deck.

Details That Matter – In A Big Way

As you look toward the focal point of the porch interior, the wood-burning stone fireplace has been customized with wood storage underneath. The side-by-side storage space compartment below the firebox gives the family a generous supply of seasoned wood for nighttime ambiance and warmth. The aesthetic surprise here is that the mantel is concrete – made to look like wood.

A Touch Of Gold For Interior Porch Accents

The warmth and glint of gold add a rich touch as seen in the framed interior art on both sides of the double-doored wall, as well as in the luminescent light globe fixtures at the base of the vaulted porch ceiling.

Placed strategically among the globe lights, we installed Solaira heaters to provide comfortable warmth when needed.

Designs That Are Delightful To Look At From A Custom Porch Team That Is All About Collaboration From The Start

Our custom porch design process begins with an idea. Rest assured that from your big dream to the finished product, we’re here to guide you every step of the way.

The best way to start is with a complimentary porch design consultation. To schedule that visit, call us at 615-662-2886, option #2, email us at Hello@PorchCompany.com, or  click here to connect with us.

Comfort And Class Easily Combine To Define The Elegance And Utility Of This Screened Porch By The Porch Company

Remember the year that Sally Fields exclaimed, “I can’t deny the fact that you like me…you really like me,” at the 57th Academy Awards telecast acknowledging her performance in the film Places In The Heart.

 Well, our team at The Porch Company thinks that this Green Hills family shares that same sentiment, as evidenced by the fact that there is a framed section of our yard sign, a testimony of appreciation on display for all to see, hanging on the interior brick wall within their new screened porch.

A Porch So Carefully Planned That Even The HOA Likes Us

Making homeowners happy is one of our primary goals here at The Porch Company. From our much-valued clients who come to us for unique custom screened porch design and construction, to our team members who make it happen, our goal is to make all your porch dreams come true.

With this custom screened porch installation, of primary importance to achieve happiness all around started by following the regulations as outlined by the neighborhood’s Homeowners Association.

The lower third of the porch’s screened walls needed to follow the exterior HOA’s aesthetic code of using a lattice wall system for community design continuity.

Designing To Complement The Home’s Architecture, This Porch Needed A Sloped Roof

As we discussed in an earlier blog post, the pitch of a porch roof must be such that it facilitates the downward flow of rain fall – also true for the slope of the porch floor itself. The home’s second story windows were a starting point in the design process.  The only roofline that would work was a low pitch, shed style roof. 

Using the existing brick wall sides, as well as the centered brick wall support between the two garage bays, three columns provided the structural foundation strength needed for the porch construction. The larger columns sizes are 10-inches with two 6-inch posts balancing out the sectional design of the upper portion of the screen porch.

In this instance, due to the elevation being above the family’s two-car garage, there are no stairs to the outside rear yard from the new porch for safety reasons.

An Interior Porch View Outward As Lovely As The Gardens At Cheekwood

Once inside the screened porch, the views out onto the rear vista of the yard are as beautiful as one can possibly imagine. Layers of green foliage and pastures set the stage for a gentle skyscape outward.

Views upward toward the Heavens are achieved via the use of custom skylights emanating from the rear of the porch roof base. Between the oversize screened porch panels and the natural light pouring in from the skylights, the only need for artificial light is well after dusk, achieved from the black lantern lighting fixtures on the interior vertical columns and the brick foundation interior wall.

Modern, casual comfort seating for 6 centered in the new porch handily accommodates the inside/outside conversation for family and occasional guests.

Top And Bottom, Real Wood Sets The Stage For Aesthetic Beauty

The flooring is tongue and groove cypress, chosen for its inherent beauty and outdoor weather tolerance. Above it all, the beamed ceiling follows suit with the tongue and groove installed in the opposite direction of the floor accentuating the length of the roomy porch interior.

As for functional finishing touches, in addition to the decorative accents of the post lights, we also installed Solaira heaters on the ceiling beams on either side of the overhead fans.

Leaving no proverbial stone unturned, and in the spirit of meticulous detail, even the underside of the porch was painted because it was so very visible from the ground driveway level. Details and completeness all around. That’s standard operating procedure at The Porch Company.

Will Our Logo Grace The Exterior Walls Of Your Screened Porch?

Not necessary, but only time will tell. Instead of telling the family’s visitors who is responsible for this stunning screened porch, all they need to do is simply point to the framed branding statement on the brick wall.

If you’re ready to improve your perspective of functional and beautiful outdoor living rooms via a screened porch that will become the envy of your neighborhood, call us.

During business hours we can be reached at 615-662-2886, option #2. During the later hours feel free to connect with us via email at Hello@PorchCompany.com, or online. It would be our pleasure to meet with you at your convenience.

What’s Your Favorite View Of This Lovely Custom Outdoor Living Space?

Any way you look at it, this custom outdoor living space is a beauty.

To help you appreciate the mindfulness and impeccable care that went into the planning and design of this new Green Hills, Tennessee, outdoor space, let’s start with the porch – a natural beginning for The Porch Company.

A Screened Porch Protected By A Flat Roof Provides The Foundation For This Backyard Redesign

This gorgeous screened porch features Thermory Ash Flooring. With the particular qualities of stability, rot-resistance and durability, this real wood porch flooring is more than just beautiful.

It is porch flooring that brings the inherent qualities of the white ash tree together with an innovative, chemical-free process to create the rich exotic brown color. The real wood porch floor you’ve always wanted, but didn’t know existed – until now.

A View Upward Reveals More Custom Perfection

The porch was designed with a flat roof. The interior features a beadboard ceiling punctuated with skylights to allow more natural sunlight to stream into the porch and into the home, as well.

This was a critical consideration as roofed structures can often be an obstacle with the loss of natural light, but obviously not so here in this Green Hills backyard space.

A Custom Arbor For The Perfect Architectural Accent – Beauty, Form, And Function

The arbor is a louvered arbor that allows sun and shade into the space, on Mother Nature’s timetable. But design discussions with the homeowners took into account the need for privacy. The arbor is built in such a way that it appears solid when looking from the neighbor's view.

When Details Matter, That’s Where The Porch Company Excels

Notice the sliding access door for storage as you start up the stairway.

Most outdoor living storage access doors swing out; but this one slides open for convenience and does not impede into the flow of the stairway. Smart – that’s a very smart design.

The stairway rail from the arbor area up to the screened porch is Fortress Iron Railing. It was chosen so that the visual attention would be on the screened porch structure itself and so the railing does not detract from that emphasis. The sleek black vertical bars help the stairway "disappear" instead of standing out – as another type would not have been so unobtrusive. Other solutions could have easily been clunky and complicated in this space. Hence, potential problem is solved.

As for the porch surround, it features arches and lattice on the bottom skirting which is all PVC, a composite, non-wood material. For intricate designs that would be difficult to maintain in wood, PVC is our choice for ease of maintenance and a realistic, wood-like aesthetic.

Speaking of PVC, we used AZEK decking in Mahogany, seen on the stairs.

For the code-compliant railings on the porch perimeter itself, we used our Drummer Boy custom PVC railing for that playfully elegant look.

Notice how we installed the screen on the inside of the screened porch rather than on the outside, which draws our attention to the railings from the outside but leaves the inside feeling more spacious.

For balance in the architectural interest, we used boxed columns in the design of the screened porch, too.

Moving Interior Kitchen Into The Family’s Great Outdoors

To make the screened porch addition as functional and complete as possible, we captured many of the facets of the home interior, with a twist. They’re all outside!

The Porch Company built the outdoor kitchen within the porch as well. Our special touch here is we built the cabinets using PVC material for this part of the project. Again – ease of virtually carefree outdoor living personified.

The outdoor kitchen grill cabinet is precisely made for the space and is well-ventilated when in use with the grill which required an overhead vent hood.

Adjacent to the outdoor kitchen, there is plenty of comfortable outdoor seating for family and guests to relax and unwind as the chef of the house whips up some culinary magic.

Planning for comfort – and convenience – we installed a dog door on the porch door, for Fido to come and go as he pleases while the family relaxes. Our screen doors are hand-made by our sister company, The Porch Store.

Our Mission Is To Make Your Porch A Beautiful Place To Gather And Relax In Style

We strive to make your design and build experience a memorable one. And we strive to create a place for you to enjoy the outdoors, in a relaxing and pleasing setting — a new porch!

We Pride Ourselves On The Accolades We Receive

Our consistent 5 star reviews on Houzz make us proud of our design teams, our work crews and all involved that help us earn them!

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We invite you to connect with The Porch Company to explore whatever your heart desires in outdoor home improvements. You can click here, email us at sales@porchco.com, or phone us at 615-662-2886.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Custom Outdoor Living In Franklin TN Courtesy Of The Porch Company

Thinking back on this custom-designed outdoor living project, it really is a collection of the variety of features one could possibly ask for in creating the ultimate backyard space.

Let’s start at the left side of this backyard transformation.

For both deck areas exposed to the elements on this project, we used AZEK tongue and groove flooring paired with a round aluminum spindled railing. To prevent water from seeping into the dry space below, we sloped the floor. Engineered this way, no under-deck system was necessary.

Using The Porch Store’s proprietary products, we installed the Hermitage post and sleeve cap on the deck railing and down the staircase. To elevate this porch project to its’ elegant style, we painted the stair risers instead of using stain which gives the stairs an interior look.

Two Decks For The Ultimate In Outdoor Living Splendor

Given the wide footprint of the rear of this beautiful home and the requests of the homeowners, a deck-porch-deck design was deemed a good solution. Double decks if you will!  There is now one on the left and another at right. The new structure in the middle was transformed into a screened porch with a generously sized open-air space underneath facing the pool. Under the smaller deck, we included a convenient storage area which increased the functionality.

You will notice in the photo of the upper deck – going into the screened porch – we used The Porch Store’s Sapele wooden doors.  Since The Porch Store’s doors are custom built, we were able to design the entry to take full advantage of the height.  The door reaches all the way up to the headers – a beautifully elegant touch.

On the ground level of the project, we did paint the floor joists under the deck, since this is also living space.

A design detail unique to this custom structure, the screen door has a sidelight which lends itself to a full width door, as opposed to using two small narrow doors on that side.

Creating A New Custom Porch That Looks Like It Is An Integral Part Of The Home

One of our key design elements here at the Porch Company is to make the porch appear as it is part of the home. NOT like a deck with a porch on it, but rather like the whole addition belongs to the home.

For design continuity, for the area under the smaller deck, we used the same skirting on the storage door as was used on the deck skirting. A perfect match.

Looking on the interior of the screened porch, the tall reaching handsome fireplace is crafted out of manufactured stone and is gas burning – hence no chimney is required. We chose a floor level hearth instead of a raised hearth to have more area for the mantel and safely hang the TV over it.

As for the inviting interior, we used Thermory Ash flooring on the screened porch floor. We have found it to be a warp-free porch flooring that is unmatched in function, durability and beauty.   

A Classic Bright White Interior Balanced With Natural Tones Of Real Wood And Wicker

Wide screen openings allow porch sitters to enjoy the scenes of nature throughout the backyard.  The white ceiling and white painted walls create a bright, airy room.  The warm tones of the stained rafter ties balanced with the rich hues of the flooring and the screen doors keep the space from feeling too stark or cool.  

The personal touch that the homeowner brought to the project was the addition of a six-seat dining table with a gas fire insert in the center of the table. For future reference, should you decide to add a feature such as this, be sure to read the fine print to ensure you can safely use an open flame in your space. When not in use, the table does have a metal plate cover for safe keeping.

Hands Down, A Sure-Fire Success By All Accounts

We invite you to discover what your leisure life may be missing – a custom outdoor living oasis reflecting your taste and style.

If we can be of service to you, we would be honored to be your Nashville Porch Builder!  Please give us a call at 615-662-2886 or email us at sales@porchco.com.