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Covered Back Porch with Outdoor Kitchen

No. 20 Porches & Sunrooms · Mid-Century Modern

Covered Back Porch with Outdoor Kitchen

A covered porch with ceiling fans and an outdoor kitchen opens onto a flagstone terrace and pool, bordered by drought-tolerant shrubs and the brick back porch of the home.

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Design notes

Mid-century modern design lines everything up with the house. Look for flat roofs and post-and-beam overhangs, walls of glass, breeze-block screens, terrazzo or large concrete pads with gravel joints, and a rectangular pool set square to the architecture. Planting is sculptural and sparse — agave, yucca, olive, citrus, a Mediterranean fan palm — and colour comes from a single accent: an orange door, turquoise water, a yellow umbrella.

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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