Screened Porch off the Back of the House

A screened porch built onto the back of a home — a gabled roof tying into the house, full screen panels on three sides, a ceiling fan inside and a concrete floor, opening onto the backyard.

A screened porch is how you get the outdoors without the mosquitoes through a North Carolina summer. This one is framed and roofed to match the house, screened tight, and finished with a fan — a room you'll actually live in half the year.