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Perfect Porches

A coast-to-coast look at quintessential American porches

The book Perfect Porches will be be released on March 2, 2010 by Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House. This beautiful book, authored by Paula S. Wallace, a fellow porch lover, is a quintessential look at forty American porches.

We are very excited to be telling you about this wonderful book for porch lovers, chock full of porch ideas and stunning porch designs. If you are a porch lover, you will want this book.

Read our book summary of Perfect Porches and meet the author, Paula Wallace.



Perfect Porches book cover
Book cover shown here is reprinted from the book Perfect Porches by Paula S. Wallace. Copyright (c) 2010 by Paula S. Wallace. Photographs copyright (c) 2010 by Chia Chong and Adam Kuehl. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House, Inc.

How does one create a perfectly wonderful porch?

The author, Paula Wallace, says,
    "If you want to learn how to design your perfect porch, then go look at three dozen other porches! You fill the treasure chest of your mind with design ideas that comingle and coalesce into something entirely new and surprising.

    "I discovered quite a few new ideas while writing the book. I especially enjoyed seeing how homeowners used fabric and light in surprising ways. At one home in California, the owner had taken cantina lights and treated the rafters with a gauzy, translucent fabric – which created the most enchanting lighting effects..." Read more of the interview with the author.




Paula Wallace, President of Savannah College of Art and Design

About the Author, Paula Wallace

Paula S. Wallace is President and co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), one of the largest art and design colleges in the United States.

Ms. Wallace co-authored A House in the South as well as a series of seven children's books in the "World" series.

Learn more about this amazing woman and read her insightful interview.


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