Melissa is a writer who focuses on home design, trends and projects. She covers content for a variety of sites to help readers navigate everything from finding the right interior color palette to ...

Decorating a front porch for the holidays comes with equal parts anticipation and dread. Spark your enthusiasm with these ...

A house with great curb appeal can turn heads—but yours can, too, with these smart ideas for landscaping your front yard and ...

The right porch ceiling ideas can pull together your entire outdoor space. Whether you paint it in a contrasting color, add wood panels for rustic charm, or drape UV-resistant fabric like voile or ...

Front porches are the heroes of many neighborhoods. Porches provide shelter and security and can add to our home’s aesthetics. If the homes in your neighborhood are lucky enough to have front porches, ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

The front porch is truly your home's first opportunity to make an impression, so you will want to ensure that you put as much thought and care into the design process as possible. Architects and ...

Front porches contribute immeasurably to issues of lifestyle, function and curb appeal. And our forebears knew that there is something special about a front porch. Today, we see it all the time: ...