Perhaps the front porch is 'blah' enough for him to post the pic here. Come on, if you have suggestions or like your front porch, why not give ideas on how you designed, unless you really need to see his.
Actually, the front porch IS my topic!
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People, people, people! Can you ever forgive me? Thanks for all the responses!---haven't logged on lately---I expected to find maybe 2 responses! Unfortunately, I don't have the means to post a photo. I wasn't looking for specific porch ideas, just thoughts on a good subject matter expert to consult. (I love the Martha Stewart response!) It's "blah" in that it seems too small relative to the house, and so "curb appeal" is not there. I like the idea of working with a custom home designer, and that's probably what I'll do.
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Speaking for the group, we collectively forgive you. Congratulations on starting a new thread that generated a lot of interest...very few of the ones I start ever make it to the third page...:thumbsup:
The porch that was originally on our house was just a 4' wide (deep?) thing to keep us from plummeting to the earth when we stepped out the back door. We suffered through that for many years before replacing it with the larger, more functional one we have now, complete with staircase leading to the ground.
The boys, being boys, voted for a slide, but we won and got our staircase.
The boys, being boys, voted for a slide, but we won and got our staircase.
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Good luck in getting inspector approval, with a slide substituting for steps...be easy to get down, but the getting up would be a tad more difficult. The pic I posted of my bi level, hot tubbed deck, was originally going to be a simple four foot wide staircase with railings, and a 3 foot wide hinged door. I calculated $500 for materials...well, when it was done, the sliding doors alone were over $2300 (Andersons) and the deck itself, lumber, concrete, railings, etc. was another $6000 for materials, not including the hot tub and grill...but boy, it will host one heckuva deck party. :thumbsup: