Custom Designed Screen Porches That Sing!
Southern, eclectic, rustic, and fun, this sprawling porch extends livable square footage within this storybook setting in Nashville’s Richland Central neighborhood.
Screened porches in Nashville are about as normal as county music artists walking down the street. But every now and then, we get to design and build one that takes that outdoor living concept to a whole new level. We think that this one is a little bit country – and a little bit rock and roll, as they say.
From The Backyard, Enter Through Double Sapele Doors Into A Private Nashville Retreat
With a solid paneled PorchCo double door showing the way to the interior of this new porch, our sapele doors literally invite you into ‘come on in!’
Once inside this storybook porch, you’ll be surrounded by a blend of soft pastel colors balanced with rich natural wood tones, made cohesive with the existing true brick paver floor.
A Screened Porch With A Two-Roof Effect, Featuring A Vaulted Ceiling In Part Of The Space, And A Flat Roof In The Other
As you step out of the kitchen into the porch’s dining room with its flat roof, stained in a light pecan tone, a quick glance around reveals a wide view of the new space. Under this vaulted ceiling is a cozy outdoor living room, defined by the roofline and strategically placed vertical beams connecting the two screen rooms.
The dining room is a vintage collector’s visual playground with rustic accents that create a unique personality. Crafted out of real tree limbs, the dining table chairs, and adjacent shelving are quite special. Their richly grained and textured surfaces set the tone for welcomes and relaxation.
Overhead, a huge fan keeps dinner guests comfortably cool on hot summer days.
A Vaulted Ceiling Porch Makes This Outdoor Living Room A Most Comfortable Place To Relax And Unwind
Underneath the wood paneled vaulted ceiling, covered with spruce sheathing, notice the subtle illumination. Highlighted with uplights to cast a soft glow on that uppermost surface, you’ll find a screened porch room that is well suited for casual conversation and musical entertainment.
Surrounded by natural tree limb framed overstuffed furniture, the family and their guests can settle in for a chat to catch up or to view the TV screen above the fireplace to view their favorite country music concerts and videos. Imagine – honky-tonk with Shania Twain and Blake Shelton – bigger than life – with no crowds to fight!
The homeowners love having an outdoor space, a space that they knew full well would be an open invitation for them and their guests to stay a while and enjoy the moment.
The MagraHearth fireplace mantle below the TV is crafted out of cast stone to replicate wood. As with all their chiseled stone products, all mantles are artistically hand-finished giving each piece its own unique identity.
Unique Porch Accents That Are Truly One In A Million
Tree stump bar stools. A tin roof bar. An electric guitar overhead on the rear bar area wall. How else can you possibly say country more creatively than that?
It’s the homeowner’s charming and welcoming personality that made our design work here even more noteworthy. This endearing outdoor living room and outdoor dining room screened-in porch combination is one of this year’s highlights.
If it sparks a desire in you to consider something as novel and functional as this space, please reach out to us. We can create a project that will be in harmony with your home and your outdoor living dreams.
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Adding A Screened Porch To Nashville Home With Tight Backyard Dimensions
How To Add A Screened Porch And Deck To Your Backyard Even If Your Lot Line Is Tight. The Porch Company Designs and Builds Porches Tight Spaces Through Innovation And Logical Thinking.
The Porch Company had a very tight space to work with in this Nashville backyard. Like many properties we work on within the Nashville area, this one features a stunning home built on a lot with a defined space to work in.
Before we brought this design to fruition, the home originally had a deck attached to an existing sunroom. We started this outdoor living space transformation by replacing the existing deck with a new screened porch, and we added a new adjacent deck.
A Low-Maintenance Deck Sets The Stage For Outdoor Living Enjoyment
Starting with the new deck addition. In the spirit of less upkeep means more enjoyment, we used AZEK PVC decking for this portion of the new outdoor space. Combined with the multi-toned, variegated deck boards, we used our Hermitage post sleeves and caps for the railings.
Both the deck and the screened porch also feature solid board skirting with plenty of storage underneath for lawn care equipment, gardening supplies, outdoor furniture, and cushion storage off-season.
Natural Wood Balances With Tones Of White Create An Inviting Outdoor Room
Exiting the home and walking into the new screened porch, one is welcomed by tasteful comfort at every turn. At first glance, you can’t help but notice the marriage of form and function inside the white hip roof interior. Accented with natural wood beams that transcend the depth of the space, they add a subtle, sophisticated charm, reminiscent of the country.
To accentuate the decor of the interior floor, Thermory Ash flooring was selected for it’s warm feel under foot and complements the stained rafter ties.
On the rafter ties, Solaira heaters were installed to fill the space with cozy warmth whenever desired. The heaters provide just enough radiant heat to take the chill off a fall or early spring morning.
Upon entering the screened porch from the deck, you’ll notice our classic Sapele screened door – one of our signature design elements.
The door is an out-swing door, and whenever you have an out-swing door, you cannot have a step down at the door – therefore, the deck and the porch were built to the same level. Had the design scheme allowed for it, we usually prefer to have a step down, as it helps keep water from splattering on the door during a rain and keeps water from rolling back into the porch. But because of building codes, and limited space inside the porch, an out-swing door was the best option.
Elegance And Practicality Equal An Enviable Space
For added texture and tonal balance, the homeowner chose to add custom curtains to this space. In addition to being a beautiful visual accent, they can be drawn to cover the screened walls whenever required for sunshade or desired privacy.
The curtains also come in handy on weekend afternoons while the family is on their screened porch enjoying golf matches and football games on their TV. The custom-built TV cabinet, disguised as a wood sideboard, raises up for active watching, then lowers down and is completely hidden when not in use.
The unique TV cabinet would have taken up some precious floor space, so we created a nook for it by pushing the porch out a few feet in that one section.
This custom porch is warm and charming, despite the space limitations. The red brick tones of the house wall mix with the wood floor and stained beams for a thoughtfully decorated screened room.
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