Screened Porch with Large Dining Table

When it is buggy out, screened porches are in their glory!  I love to eat dinner on my open porch (as well as drink my morning coffee), but if the bugs are out, I go inside.  Screened porches solve those problems entirely.  It is just lucky for me, that my property rarely has a bug problem.  For some homeowners, the mosquitos, gnats, and other biting insects come out like clockwork, making it hard to relax and enjoy their porches.

Screened Porch with Folding Doors

Screened Porch with Folding Doors

Porch with Phantom Screens

A great innovation we have used in a number of projects is Phantom Screens.  With the click of a button, an open porch can become a screened porch, free of pests.  Below is a little video we made of one of those porches.  Open porches become screened porches with virtually no effort.

3 Season Room with Automatic Screens

Screened Porch with Phantom Screens Open

Screened Porch with Phantom Screens Open

Screened Porch with 3 Season Panels in Place

There is no question that the place to be in the summer is on the porch.  How much you need screens depends on your bug population.  The good news is that if you set up your porch for screens, it is really easy to switch them out for panels that allow you to enjoy your porch virtually year-round.  Screened porches become glassed-in porches with just a little effort.

Screened Porch with 3 Season Panels in Place

Screened Porch

Screened Porch with Fireplace

Steps to Lake Home Screened Porch

Screened Porch Below Bedroom

Screened Porch

Antique Home Screened Porch

Antique Home Screened Porch

Open Gabled Screen Porch

Open Gabled Screen Porch

Screened Porch with Curved Roof

Screened Porch with Curved Roof

Screened Porch with Deck Above

Screened Porch with Deck Above

One of two screened porches on this home

Screened Porch with Metal Roof

Tall Screened Porch

Tall Screened Porch

Screened Porch with Fireplace

Back Door and Screened Porch

Screened Porch

Screened Porch

Open and Screened Porch

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