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| Watermark Coastal Homes |
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| Southern Living |
Oh my Lord, do we ever love a double front porch.
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| Southern Living |
Rocking chairs...
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Mint juleps...
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| The Hunnicutt Team |
Fresh-squeezed lemonade...
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| wedding cake house, New Orleans |
Maybe a few fireflies...
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| Coastal Living Magazine |
All par for the course on a perfect, Southern, summer, porch-setting night.
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| Double porch Antebellum |
Double front porches are the perfect place for saying "hey, y'all" to the neighbors as they stroll down the street.
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Or welcoming guests who stop by after church -- while on their Sunday drive, of course.
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| Edmonston Alston House, Charleston, SC |
You could invite them in for a sweet tea.
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Eh hem, shot of Crown.
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But, if you ask us, we'd rather sip it right there on the porch.
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If you really love double front porches, maybe you could take on these two. Kind of looks like the Beaufort house... All we can say is, if you decide to restore a pair of historic front porches for your own summer settin', well, darling, bless your heart.
20 comments :
Love them too!!! Such history in these styles!!
xo Karolyn
While we have a double front porch it looks nothing like these fabulous porches, love them. Love hanging out on ours during the warmer months. It's one degree here with blowing wind so I'm looking forward to the warmer months on our porches.
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Debra~
Nothing says welcome like a double front porch. I am afraid I will Only have one in my dreams!! Gorgeous! xo
Our lake cabin has a double front porch, and we enjoy them both! Lovely post.
xo,
RJ
so friendly and welcoming! beautiful and chic.
Yes yes yes!! LOVE them too and its such a beautiful tribute to my good ol southern roots:) The moss on the trees, white clapboard and big wide porches go together like chocolate, caramel and nuts!!!!!! Love this timeless classic......
oh my Lord DITTO!
Ahh... My fave! If I ever build, I already know what I want:)
Loved this blog post. Love the South. Love porches. What can I say. I have a Southern House in Middle America. I am on the Mississippi and have 5 porches, all with a river view and a couple of double ones. I know all so well about them. They are not without there problems. Can be a lot of work to keep clean, repaired, painted and on and on, but I feel worth it. Thanks for sharing. Richard from My Old Historic House.
You have me eagerly anticipating this April's trip to Charleston and Kiawah as I gaze out the window behind my desk onto a frigid (4 degrees right now!) and frozen snow-covered landscape.
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Phyllis
So, so peaceful and soothing!
Would a glass of Shiraz OK?
What a lovely post. I grew up in a home outside Atlanta with a big front porch and we have so many great memories from there. Love them.
So beautiful! Make me think of Gone with the wind. :)
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Give me a Southern home, an iced tea (unsweet, please) and the smell of magnolia and I am in HEAVEN!!!! It has been so cold up here, I keep telling Grant that I must move South as soon as the boys are out of school. OK, that's going to be a while, but I'll be dreaming of warm days and nights and a big double wide, as in porches!
Happy New Year, y'all!
xoxo Elizabeth
That old house @ Charleston is dreamy and creepy at the same time!!
My father was born in New Orleans and my cousins (Paula, Pam, Pat, and Penny;) still reside there. When we visit I always enjoy the house tours and visiting some of the original plantations. Just gorgeous.. there something about southern living, right? :)
xxleslie
OVER THE MOON FOR THESE PORCHES!
and such great examples.....would love to get my hands on the decrepit one. just as i am thinking to myself "why don't architects use this anymore?" there comes some new examples.....there's hope
cheers
debra
They definitely conjure up images of sitting in a wicker rocking chair sipping a mint julep with a fan in hand. lol.
Karen
Ah, porches! Such a charming Southern touch.
I just returned from visiting my in-laws in North Carolina and while they don't have a double porch they do have a side porch where they gather for a cocktail every evening. I've often thought that ritual is one reason for their long and happy marriage.
Thank you so much for letting me know the builder of this incredible home! The credit I had given was a tumblr since there was no designer listed.
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