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scrap plywood bench

bayou66, member | February 5th, 20131 comment

I built this bench out of scrap plywood and throw away pieces. It is all 3" wide strips. Glue, nails, and splicing; made a solid bench. The bench is under cover so its held together pretty good. It...

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Screened In Porch Addition

Archispeak, member | January 18th, 20131 comment

Most screened porches are too small for one to thoroughly enjoy the space. With an adequate size the porch becomes a living room to the great outside. In season, this room is used more the the living...

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Decks and Porches to get you outside

capnbob, member | April 23rd, 2012

Here's four porches and a deck from our projects that make you want to be outside!

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Porch Home

aw, member | April 11th, 20121 comment

This new home is surrounded by porches, giving the owners multiple choices depending on the weather and time of day. Located near Hollandale, Wisconsin.

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Porch and Deck Combo with Fireplace and Patio in Johns Creek Georgia

boparks, member | April 6th, 2012

This project involved a porch room with a tile floor, firplace, open deck with separate grill area and walkway to driveway, staircase and a finished area and patio below the deck and porch area

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Boat House Rebuild

WWG_Contracting, member | March 28th, 20121 comment

This is an open-concept boat port with plenty of storage areas for water toys and life jackets, as well as shore-side fuel storage.

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A Relaxing Retreat

WarthConstruction, member | November 14th, 2011

The clients wanted to have an entertaining deck, but they also wanted to have a private covered deck accesible from their master bedroom. They wanted it to include a large fireplace as well as a few...

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Mountain Porch Retreat

WarthConstruction, member | November 14th, 2011

Our region has an extended outdoor season that the homeowners wanted to take full advantage of. The existing deck was not adequate for hosting large parties and had no covered space for protection...

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The Capping off of the Rochon House

Paul_Denys, member | January 15th, 2011

You can see a video of this restoration at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyflWN4vPNY

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Garage Bay to Porch Conversion

LCReeder, member | December 15th, 20101 comment

Living in a city, the family needed only one car but wanted more outdoor space, including a way to tie the land behind their detached garage into the rest of the yard. The solution was to convert one...

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Hemingway's Cottage

ncbuilder, member | September 23rd, 20102 comments

This custom home was designed to reflect a coastal cottage feel. It had a ton of interior millwork as well.

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Grand Slam

ncbuilder, member | September 23rd, 20102 comments

This custom home was designed to reflect the feeling of a high-end mountain lodge. The inside has so much millwork it's crazy. We had 7 guys working 2 months on the interior trim alone.

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Deck pergola

clumjim, member | May 30th, 20103 comments

This pergola provides much needed filtered shade to a southern exposure.It is made of Western red cedar and stained with Sikkens SRD. It was made in shop and assembled on site. The dimensions are...

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Victorian (Queen Ann) Style Curved Porch {Mangaris}

ThreeOaks, member | May 27th, 20103 comments

Hi. My name is Cliff Audet and I wanted to enter this porch that my crew and I built for my own house. The old porch was rotten beyond repair, so when we replaced it using the same details, we added...

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A porch that fits!

howebuilders, member | May 24th, 20101 comment

We received a call from this customer. She wanted a front porch that was simple, beautiful, and that fit the home. That is exactly what she got. The trim is primed pine, the lattice...

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frumpy front and boring back porches get character-building makeover

Huck, member | May 5th, 2010

This utilitarian Los Angeles area cottage had served its original owner well for over 50 years - but she decided it was due for some face-lifting. In addition, it was determined...

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Farmhouse Porch Addition

aw, member | January 3rd, 20101 comment

This turn of the century farmhouse had seen many years of neglect. Exterior features like the pentagon attic windows and gable end shingles were restored. A new porch wraps around to the...

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Turning a pipe clamp into a tool that can push instead of just clamp

pizza, member | August 13th, 20091 comment

I was installing a new small porch floor onto the back of my Mom's rowhome after the old one had started to rot away badly. During the course of the installation, I needed a way to push a crooked...

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The Rotten old front porch has gotta go! Has anybody used helical steel screw pile/piers?

johnyt, member | August 5th, 20092 comments

I have a 1922 house with a 1922 porch with dry rot in the floor and one of the walls. The covering is fine and will stay. No building permit required as long as i do not change the footprint. I am...

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Beautiful deck made from Trex complete with a series of artistic inlays

LindaSC, member | April 30th, 2009

This deck built in Maryland was made entirely with Trex decking products and features custom artistic-inlays designed with the homeowners. It's the ideal venue for backyard...

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Little wavy deck

KerffreK, member | April 28th, 20091 comment

This is my front porch. I made the deck from Ipe and fabricated the railing in steel. Painted wood is cedar, substructure is PT.

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Double Decker

pnbdinc, member | April 27th, 2009

The upper balcony was falling off of the house, and the downstairs bedroom had only a window to the outside. We designed and built a deck that is twice the square footage of the...

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Backyard Getaway

LindaSC, member | April 23rd, 20093 comments

At just over 2,300 square feet, the Entzian deck is certainly on the above average size. However, it’s the details in this all low maintenance deck that make it truly a work of art.

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screen porch

carpenterken, member | March 23rd, 2009

The customer contacted me to T&G and screen this porch. he had someone else set the posts and finish the roof. I had to design the door opening and the blocks at the post...

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A Simple Cabin

edarchitect, member | March 12th, 2009

These cabins are a simple 1 1/2 story rectangle, with a screened porch off the living room. They have one bedroom and bath downstairs and a cozy vaulted bedroom with a bath in a dormer...

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86 year old summer kitchen gives way to new sunny kitchen extension

tjtreehugger, member | March 10th, 20092 comments

The old summer kitchen was a particularly glaring renovation requirement on the 100 yr old Victorian semi I bought in downtown Toronto. Stratospheric quotes from too-busy contractors convinced me I...

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Building Our First House: Floor Plan & Elevations Tour

sjdehner, member | March 7th, 2009

After our house was featured in Fine Homebuilding (February) we've had requests to see our floor plan. For those interested this page shows the working plan - minus dimensions & notes - from...

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Traditional Porch Addition

alanjohn, member | November 25th, 20084 comments

A traditional style porch addition and new bay window transforms the look of this early 20th century city home. Square columns taper in the upper two thirds.

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