Inspiration for a large traditional full sun front yard concrete paver and wood fence formal garden in New York with a pergola for spring.

Troy Thies Photography
Inspiration for a large cottage two-story exterior home remodel in Minneapolis

Large trendy sunroom photo in Milan with a standard ceiling

Architecture: Lakeside Development Company Construction: Lakeside Development Company
Inspiration for a coastal tile screened-in porch remodel in Milwaukee with a roof extension

Paolo Belvedere
Example of a trendy two-story exterior home design in Venice

This south Louisiana style home was built on family property for this young couple and their three young sons. This quiet serene location overlooks the Red River and provides the perfect setting for lots of relaxation, family fun and entertaining both on the water and off. Photography by Mary Ann Elston

Paolo Belvedere
Example of an urban one-story glass exterior home design in Venice

Our outdoor veranda rooms are perfect for relaxing or entertaining and positioned perfectly for easy access to the great room - kitchen, family room and dining nook. Photo by FlashitFirst.com

Breathtaking lanai at sunset. Wood finished with PPG® PROLUXE™ Cetol® SRD wood stain in Mahogany.

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Sunroom - large industrial sunroom idea in Venice

This outdoor veranda room is the perfect place to relax in the evening, complete with fireplace, outdoor television, dining area, and outdoor BBQ around the corner. Photo by FlashitFirst.com

OnSite Studios
Farmhouse front porch photo in Boston with decking

design: Studio TOOP and TOOP tuinhuisjes, 2013 location: Wilp, NL status: spring 2014, TOOP tuinhuisjes, Weldam Groenprojecten, Van Bert (Bert Jan Siebesma) en OSH Hoveniers photo: Joanne Schweitzer, July 2014 An irregular lot, the challenge was to come up with a way to connect all its corners and sections. The pergola in the same style as the new veranda (pilot project for www.tooptuinhuisjes.nl) helps link the back section with the rest, as do the repeating benches. The planting is used to fill the space inbetween that winds organically around the structures. The paving is mostly crushed shells with alternating sizes of Schellevis pavers in the patio areas. The sunken trampoline and the room for sleep overs in the veranda make the garden extra popular with the kids in the neighborhood.

Originally a nearly three-story tall 1920’s European-styled home was turned into a modern villa for work and home. A series of low concrete retaining wall planters and steps gradually takes you up to the second level entry, grounding or anchoring the house into the site, as does a new wrap around veranda and trellis. Large eave overhangs on the upper roof were designed to give the home presence and were accented with a Mid-century orange color. The new master bedroom addition white box creates a better sense of entry and opens to the wrap around veranda at the opposite side. Inside the owners live on the lower floor and work on the upper floor with the garage basement for storage, archives and a ceramics studio. New windows and open spaces were created for the graphic designer owners; displaying their mid-century modern furnishings collection. A lot of effort went into attempting to lower the house visually by bringing the ground plane higher with the concrete retaining wall planters, steps, wrap around veranda and trellis, and the prominent roof with exaggerated overhangs. That the eaves were painted orange is a cool reflection of the owner’s Dutch heritage. Budget was a driver for the project and it was determined that the footprint of the home should have minimal extensions and that the new windows remain in the same relative locations as the old ones. Wall removal was utilized versus moving and building new walls where possible. Photo Credit: John Sutton Photography.

Large mountain style backyard stone patio photo in Minneapolis with a pergola

Large trendy sunroom photo with a standard ceiling

This is an example of a country porch design in New York.

Lynn Bryant
Example of a country white one-story exterior home design in Austin