Oak Hill TN Combination Backyard Deck, Screened Porch, Grill Area And Widow’s Walk Are The Talk Of The Town
The Porch Company adds luxe leisure to this Oak Hill TN home.
For more than 50 years, this Oak Hill TN residence had a concrete slab raised patio at the rear of the home. As it was high time for a major change, they called The Porch Company to transform and reinvent the area.
Out With The Old, And In With The New
After removing the existing concrete slab patio, our team went to work to create one of the most spectacular backyard transformations in recent memory. From the rear landscape, this new vision in white adds dimension, depth, and visual drama to this family home. Expanding the rear of the home into the yard, they now enjoy both the exterior and interior views of this stunning combination outdoor oasis.
Accented by interesting landscaping and architecturally interesting seasonal steel planter boxes, you walk six steps up on the left from the backyard and enter a generously appointed grill area.
We used the Hermitage sleeve on the exterior staircase posts and Fortress SP56 black iron railing to surround that adjacent area.
Continuing this reveal of high style, for the new lower deck, we used Tongue and Groove AZEK PVC material. This same innovative low maintenance material was used to craft the grill cabinet, finishing it with a granite countertop creating contemporary convenience with a classically finished accent.
A New Screened Porch Featuring Some Our Most Beautiful Proprietary Architectural Accents
Entering the new luxurious screened porch and outdoor dining room, you can’t help but notice our beautiful Sapele double doors. Also in the screened porch interior, we installed Thermory ash flooring with tongue and groove roof decking on the sloped beam ceiling.
Around the perimeter of the screened porch ceiling, we installed Solaira heaters to add a comfortable touch of warmth, when needed.
Speaking of warm touches, at the far left, a raised hearth ventless gas fireplace was installed and adorned with one of our Porch Store’s hand-hewn wooden mantles. Of special note, our mantels are designed to conceal any wiring within the mantel for flawless design continuity without sacrificing any necessary functionality. Creative thinking and planning – just another of our hallmarks.
Sometimes Less Is More
To provide a pure, unobstructed view of the installation from the rear landscape, we used PorchCo custom PVC fence to disguise the HVAC unit at the left rear of the lower level.
Keeping It High And Dry By Design
Another example of proactive design and build porch and deck methodology is that we intentionally sloped the foundation so that rainwater will intentionally drain away from the structure to keep it nice and dry, even in the most wet conditions.
The Icing On The Proverbial Cake – A Second Floor Balcony Porch
To enjoy the fresh Oak Hill breezes from the second floor of the home, we designed a Widow’s Walk porch and deck, protected by our custom PVC fence and PorchCo picket panels.
A Widow’s Walk is a special architectural feature, that provides an elevated vantage point for enjoying views of the rear landscape, which is deep and beautifully textured with greenery. This decorative element complements the large scale of the home and completes this unique outdoor living combination space.
As for the origin of the term, a "widow's walk" has historical ties to the wives of sailors or sea captains. It is said that these women would use the elevated platform to watch for the return of their husbands from sea voyages. Hence, the name "widow's walk" is derived from the idea that these women often spent anxious hours waiting for their loved ones to return, and sometimes, tragically, they became widows when their husbands were lost at sea.
We Look Forward To Hearing From You For Your Next Porch And Deck Renovation In Oak Hill TN
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What’s Your Favorite View Of This Lovely Custom Outdoor Living Space?
A pre-existing patio and fence provide a gateway to a new Porch Company custom outdoor living oasis complete with a screened porch featuring an outdoor kitchen.
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!
Work Quality *****
Communication *****
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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.
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