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Covered Back Porch with Glowing Fire Table

No. 36 Porches & Sunrooms · Colonial

Covered Back Porch with Glowing Fire Table

Lit by overhead string lights at night, this brick back porch features flagstone paving, woven chaise lounges, and a fire table beside a screened porch and hydrangea garden.

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Design notes

Colonial design is symmetry and restraint. Look for a central axis from the back door, matched beds and hedges either side, bluestone or brick terraces with tight joints, and white or black picket and post-and-rail fences. Planting is disciplined — boxwood, hydrangea, holly, dogwood and shade trees — and furniture is classic: teak benches, Windsor chairs, a market umbrella. Georgian brick, clapboard and shingle houses all suit it.

What to look for

  • Depth — eight feet for chairs, ten or more for a table or a swing
  • How the steps and railings meet the walk and the yard
  • Ceiling: height, material and whether a fan or lights are built in
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