Perfect Porches

A Coast-to-Coast Look at Quintessential American Porches

The book Perfect Porches was 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 and meet the author, Paula Wallace.

How does one create a perfectly wonderful porch?

"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.

About the Author, Paula Wallace

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