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Ultimate Porch Design: Bring the Outdoors In

A porch is practical way to add livable space to your home. It is a space that merges the outdoors and the indoors into one room, providing you and your family with a place to enjoy a meal al fresco without the threat of bugs or intense sun. An informal rear porch can give your home a fun, stylish look, while a more formal porch can give your home more architectural presence. Whatever your porch design needs are in the Maryland, Washington, DC and Virginia area, call Wentworth, Inc. today!

At Wentworth, we find the opportunity to design and build the perfect porch for you and your family thrilling.  A truly well designed porch is more than just a deck connected to your home. When designing a porch addition, we strive to enhance the home’s architectural integrity. The architectural style of your home will help us determine the best design solution. Whether your home is a Colonial Revival or is more contemporary, every porch addition is considered on a case-by-case basis, and only after a full analysis of your home and the way you live in it, can we be sure we’ve determined the best design for you! There are no one-size-fits-all porch additions at Wentworth.  Each porch should be personal and suited to your lifestyle – whether the screened porch is needed for family gatherings and meals, or you want to give your home architectural character with a covered front entry.

Materials Matter in Porch Design

Porches tend to be small spaces, and any material used should be high-quality and practical for the type of porch. Because a truly good porch design or porch addition can transform the front façade of a home, it’s more appropriate to utilize high quality materials, such as brick, flagstone, redwood columns, wrought iron railings and a cooper-clad roof.

For a more casual rear porch, you have more flexibility. The rear porch can provide the ideal entertainment space in the privacy of your backyard or garden, or it can provide a rustic setting for meals. Here you might choose a wood floor set up on brick piers, a beadboard ceiling, simple post columns, screens to keep out insects, wood railings or even a skylight.

Porch Additions

If you already have a porch but want a new look for it, the Wentworth team can help. We can remodel your porch and add an addition that better complements your home’s architecture and is more fitting for your lifestyle. Whether you want to add an area for eating or transform your small porch that’s falling apart into a beautiful screened-in space, call the Washington, DC area porch design experts at Wentworth. You shouldn’t have to settle for a porch that you think is only OK – you should love your porch and be able to use it whenever and for whatever purpose you want!

If you’re thinking of adding livable outdoor space, we invite you to call the Wentworth team. We can discuss your needs and to help you find the perfect porch design for your home. Contact Wentworth today for any porch design or addition services in the Washington, DC area!

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TESTIMONIALS

Thank you for all of the work and attention. We are very happy with our doors. It was the best option aesthetically. 

Patricia, S. , 
Silver Spring
, MD

The Qualified Remodeler magazine recently selected your firm as the Silver winner for the "Finished Basement" AND the Gold winner for the "Exterior Facelift" categories. Throughout this economic roller coaster, your firm has clearly demonstrated true consistency and architectural excellence. Please accept my congratulations on your and your firm's success. I am sure it took many hours of planning and a lot of energy and hard work to achieve this status, and I applaud the efforts of everyone in your firm.

Jeffrey L. Davis, Founder & CEO, Chadworth's 1.800.Columns, 

Wentworth Studios turned our boring box into a beautiful, functional living space. They listened to our needs and ideas and gave us graceful solutions that far exceeded our expectations. Wentworth's cost was told to me upfront and there was never a deviation from that cost. It is a joy every day to live within the practical and elegant spaces Wentworth designed and built for us. I would strongly recommend Wentworth. 

Mary D., 
Alexandria
, VA
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