A covered front porch can protect your entryway from water intrusion and, if built with enough depth, also double as an outdoor room.

A covered front porch doesn’t have to be huge if all you want to do is protect your front door from all but the worst driving rainstorms.

Q: The house I grew up in had a covered front porch. A few of the houses I owned after getting married also had this wonderful accessory. It seems that large front porches are being kicked to the ...

Q: The house I grew up in had a covered front porch. A few of the houses I owned after getting married also had them. It seems large front porches are being kicked to the curb by architects and ...

Our porches here in Concord were simply viewed as covered entrances to a building, with many immigrants bringing their own thoughts of porch designs with them from across the ocean.