Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Listen to the rain without getting wet? Yes please. Unlike a traditional porch, rain porches’ supporting posts are positioned a ...

A reader and friend, Zilphy DuRant of Florence, South Carolina mailed me a letter and clipping from The Post and Courier about an architectural feature I’d never heard of, rain porches. In the ...

At the peak of summer in the South, there is no possession more valuable than an air conditioner. On those days when the thermometer hits 90 before 10 a.m., you probably think to yourself, "How in the ...

Traditional architecture has long been desirable, but as interior design trends embrace all things historic, features that were once deemed old-fashioned are creeping back into homes across the ...

These small front porch decorating ideas transform any area into an outdoor oasis. Explore these tips for creating the most ...

FLORENCE — Driving through the rural Pee Dee, you can still catch a glimpse of it — something you’re unlikely to see anywhere else in the world. It’s a porch, but it’s not like other porches. The ...

Covered front porches can vary in size from modest covered entryways to grand, architecturally intriguing outdoor rooms. Aside from protecting your front entry from rain, snow and summer heat, they ...