Porch Floor Installed
The front porch floor was installed recently on the Homearama 2011 home. Typically, this likely would not be very noteworthy. But in this case it is because of the material we used on the floor. It is Aeratis flooring – a prefinished PVC porch floor that looks like real wood and last longer! Used to be flooring was milled from the finest of woods strengthened by decades of growth. Over time poorly milled wood planks and composite materials left builders with few choices for a classic wood front porch. Aeratis Porch Flooring has the answer and you will walk on it at our home. It is a...
Read MoreBack Porch Took Shape Today
An earlier blog featured the Homarama architect on the lost value of porches on a home. Today, the back porch really began to take shape. The beadboard for the vaulted ceiling was installed. This will be stained later. The stamped concrete floor is complete and looks fantastic. It has a wood plank pattern like nothing you have seen before. The fireplace is in and will be wrapped with stone veneer soon. The front porch is coming together. The front porch barrel ceiling is complete. The framing is complete and ready for the Aeratis tongue and groove flooring. Aeratis floor helps...
Read MoreAir Conditioning Ruined Good Architecture (Video)
Gray Houghland, Houghland Architecture principal, shares an interesting observation on how the introduction of central air conditioning has changed home plans. When central air conditoining was introduced into homes in the 1970s, porches were reduced to unimportant or unusable spaces. On some homes, front and back porches unfortunately disappeared. Porches always have been the transition area for a home from the inside to the outside. Porches need to create a link to the outdoor living space. Evans Coghill’s Homearama Charlotte home has reintroduced front and back porches as a key...
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