This screened porch is used to expand the feeling of usable space from the Living Room. It also functions like an old fashioned front porch—social with the street but part of the house. What we love about it is that we can make fire—actual wood-burning fire, that primal satisfying experience—part of the house experience without the smoke and mess inside, or the energy loss of a typical fireplace. Imagine coming out of the toasty Passive House and into a cool fall evening to enjoy a sit by the fire. ERIC HAUSMAN PHOTOGRAPHY