Home Improvement Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Remodel Without a Cause
By Candice ManciniRefacingCabinet.com Columnist
ome home improvement projects address an obvious need: leaky roof, peeling shingles, broken-down cabinets, and torn-up floors. Then there are remodels that simply make life more roomy, cozy, and fun. A built-in porch is this kind of remodel.
Porch Remodel Bonus 1: Roomy
Porches are not only for the outside. They can provide a completely new living space for your home. And they are often cheaper and easier to install than standard additions, especially if your house already has an open porch that can be remodeled. Whatever size porch you decide to go with, the porch becomes a new room for life to spill into.
Porch Remodel Bonus 2: Cozy
This might be the most compelling reason to begin this home improvement project. What could be better than sitting in your favorite chair, feet on ottoman, fireplace flickering--and surrounded by windows. The wind may howl, lightning flash, rain splatter, or snowflakes fall, but you are cozy and warm.
You can design your porch remodel in whatever style you choose. The fact that it's a somewhat outdoor space removes some limits as it doesn't have to be a super-sleek, polished indoor room. Yet this home improvement project can easily become the coziest room in the house.
Porch Remodel Bonus 3: Fun
Of course it's fun to enjoy the outdoors without enduring the elements. But the fun need not end there. Your enclosed porch can serve other purposes including:
- Game room
- Family room
- Eat-in Sunroom
- TV/Rec room for kids
Whatever its purpose, it's a home improvement project that does what no other remodel does. It gives your home an enjoy-snow-and-rain-but-be-dry, watch-lightning-without-getting-struck, inside-outside space.
Source
"Accessible Solutions: Walkways and Front Porches," Bob Vila
About The Author
Candice Mancini is a freelance writer, a teacher, and a homeowner with great appreciation for brilliant home improvement innovations.
