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I’m joining my friend Jill of Gypsy Brocante at her first Porch Club. I grew up in a very small bungalow that housed our family of 6. Thank goodness it had a porch. Summer evenings were often spent on the porch, saying hello to neighbors, reading a book or watching fireworks on the Fourth of July. I then spent many years without a porch – in dorms and a series of apartments. When my husband and I rented a house in San Diego that had a porch, I realized how much I had missed having one. So when we finally bought our first home – this cottage – a big selling point was the porch that wrapped around 2 sides of the house. It’s a sizeable porch and it becomes another room in the summertime. The floor is made of bluestone.

Our old, rusty glider is covered in cushions and you’ll often find me there, reading or playing with the dogs.

There are hanging plants and potted plants everywhere.

It’s one of my favorite places and I like to sit there and watch the world go by.

As I look at these photos, I am only too aware that our 8th major snowstorm is on its way later in the week.  It’s hard to believe that it will ever look like this again. I pondered the idea of posting a snowy photo of the porch…but I think I prefer to think of it this way.

I’ll be gone all day Monday working in Manhattan – it promises to be a 13 hour day! So I will be a little late visiting everyone. But I’ll be around, I promise.

Comments

  2. Amazing Claudia!…Love, love, love the floor … how unique and your personal touches you’ve added make everything very welcoming … you may come out one day and find those burlap pillows ‘missing’ … tee-he … thank you for sharing and reminding a lot of us what will come after ALL this snow is out of here!!

    xo
    Jill

  3. Hi sweet friend,

    There was a front porch from 1968 to 1976, at my parents house in Tempe, AZ. I guess you could call those my formulative years, and I spent many a day crafting (macrame) or chatting with my father out there. Most homes here in Arizona do not have front porches, but a wave of “East & West Coast” home designers came through about 10 years ago, so now there are quite a few with them. I too, enjoy the ability to watch life pass by, or speak with neighbors, but my current home does not have a front porch. We have a small courtyard (very common out here) and their main purpose is for the home owners private enjoyment. We gotta’ go sit out on the driveway or curb to converse with neighbors. I do so envy you your serene porch, surrounded by lovely greenery, but I can’t pay the price of harsh winters. Have a great time in New York.

    Love ya’
    Meri

  4. I love your porch Claudia! Love the bluestone floor! Thank you for showing it in it’s summer glory and taking our minds off of this next impending storm! There’s light at the end of the tunnel, right?~Hugs, Patti

  5. Hi Claudia… I am here from Jill’s Porch Club too… love your cozy and inviting porch, and your porch sitting attitude!… nothing better than a cup of coffee and relaxing on the porch, reading or daydreaming… love your cute pups on your sidebar too in their little bandanas!… xoxo Julie Marie

  6. Hi Claudia… I am here from Jill’s Porch Club too… love your cozy and inviting porch, and your porch sitting attitude!… nothing better than a cup of coffee and relaxing on the porch, reading or daydreaming… love your cute pups on your sidebar too in their little bandanas!… xoxo Julie Marie

  7. Hi Claudia… I am here from Jill’s Porch Club too… love your cozy and inviting porch, and your porch sitting attitude!… nothing better than a cup of coffee and relaxing on the porch, reading or daydreaming… love your cute pups on your sidebar too in their little bandanas!… xoxo Julie Marie

  8. Hi Claudia… I am here from Jill’s Porch Club too… love your cozy and inviting porch, and your porch sitting attitude!… nothing better than a cup of coffee and relaxing on the porch, reading or daydreaming… love your cute pups on your sidebar too in their little bandanas!… xoxo Julie Marie

  9. Hi Claudia… I am here from Jill’s Porch Club too… love your cozy and inviting porch, and your porch sitting attitude!… nothing better than a cup of coffee and relaxing on the porch, reading or daydreaming… love your cute pups on your sidebar too in their little bandanas!… xoxo Julie Marie

  10. Hi Claudia… I am here from Jill’s Porch Club too… love your cozy and inviting porch, and your porch sitting attitude!… nothing better than a cup of coffee and relaxing on the porch, reading or daydreaming… love your cute pups on your sidebar too in their little bandanas!… xoxo Julie Marie

  11. I love your front porch, your house is so pretty! I would also love to see what it looks like with snow…living in Texas we like to see snow pictures.
    Very nice spot you have!!

  12. Our porch is so uninviting! No one ever comes to our front door, so we just never go out there. I would love to rework it so that it is usable. We do sit on our deck out back. I grew up in a big house with a wrap-around porch and loved it!
    I’ll be thinking about you during this next wave of snow! I told my grands that they would have to tunnel their way out of their house!

  13. We are back porch people. The front of the house has more of an entry way. I did manage to create something similar to yours in the back, but alas, no neighbors passing by. Love the bluestone.

    Have a great day in NYC. Please take lots of photos!

  14. Claudia, nothing compares to charm like an older home with character – especially one with a porch. Yours is so beautiful. Having a deck off the back of a slittle split, although WONDERFUL (believe me, I’m not complaining), doesn’t hold a candle to an honest-to-God covered porch.

    As you know, we are also due for another FIFTEEN INCHES of snow mid-week, so in addition to your gorgeous porch, I am also drooling over your summer photos. The snow might melt by August, giving us at least a bit of summer, do you think? haha

    Have FUN in the city!… Donna

  15. I have to agree with Donna. Nothing really compares with a good old-fashioned porch, especially one that wraps around two sides! I adore that porch of yours. One of these days you just might find me sitting out there waiting to chat and play with the dogs!
    Brenda

  16. I love your porch, and understand why it would be a favorite place to sit and watch. In our previous home, built in 1916, the huge wrap-around front porch was what I loved most. I think porches and front walks are what I miss most about supposedly new and better homes. I want my old house and porch more than anything. So, thank you for sharing yours!
    Stay warm and safe,dreaming of more porch days ahead.

  17. your cottage is just perfection! what a lovely porch. i know exactly what you mean when you say you can’t imagine the outside looking lush and green, when we are in the midst of winter. we’ve got a blizzard coming our way to chicago…yikes!

  19. Ah, Claudia. I know what it means to love a porch. I love ours, too.

    And, your porch is beautiful. We can dream of the promise of spring to come.

  20. Your porch is absolutely delightful, and I look forward to following the porch posts. I’ve often dreamed about a wrap-around porch and a screen door that bangs when it closes. Not in my husbands lifetime of course (: Saying a prayer of safekeeping for you as you journey in the snow. xo

  21. You have a beautiful home. We are expecting the same snow storm, but it won’t be today…ya gotta just love today. Blessings, Joanne
    10minutes2breathe.blogspot.com

  22. I love your wrap around porch, that is my very favorite style, everything still looks nice and green, spring will be here before we know it and our porches will rally be in full swing then. I have the same glider and will show it in some future post. Hugs and Blessings until the next Porch Club party, Marilou

  23. You are so lucky to have such a gorgeous porch Claudia! No wonder you love your home. I would have picked it just for the porch. I love the bluestone floor!
    I love all the beautiful things you received from Monica. She is such a talent.
    hugs to you…

  25. I LOVE YOUR COTTAGE, AND YOUR PORCH IS DEVINE. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A PORCH.
    I TOO LOVE TO SIT OUTSIDE ON THE PORCH, WE HAVE A SMALL ONE, BUT THE SIDE PATIO IS ALSO NICE. MY BEDROOM DOOR GOES OUT TO IT. SO IT IS VERY
    CONVENIENT TO WALK OUT THERE IN THE SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL. HAVE A NICE DAY. RIZZI

  26. Thanks sweet-ie for reminding me what summer looked like. WOW.. will this winter ever end. Under ‘blizzard’ watch here, so I’m sure it’s headed your way. Yes, I am over, too. Boy, do I need a porch like your’s…..

  27. It looks so lovely Claudia, so charming with a beckoning call to the passerby to stop and relax :) Don’t envy you all the snow you’re having up there – can I trade you a few degrees – heatwave in Sydney this week (35 y’day, supposed to be 39 on Friday) and I’m sure feeling it after a few weeks in the cool of the south of NZ.

  28. I have always wanted a house with a porch and that was on our list of must haves when we were looking for a house. We found this one with a patio and it will just have to do. Maybe some day. I can still sit out there on a nice day play with the dog or read. I’ll just envy you with your big front porch from here where I don’t ever have to deal with snow.

  29. Hi Claudia,

    I thought of your pretty porch when I was linking up and hoped you would join the Porch Club. ♥ I love that stone floor.

    Have a productive day and REST when it ends. :0)

    Hugs,
    Stephanie ♥

  31. Claudia,

    I look at the pictures of your lovely porch and I can just see Scout and Atticus swinging…I hope that you have made it home.

  36. Like you, I love my front porch even though it’s very small -just enough room for three wicker chairs, a table, and the shabby chic potting bench for the birdhouses and decorative items I love.

    Lovely pics of Springtime at your cottage Claudia – it will come after you’ve survived this next storm! Hope you are home from the city before it arrives at the door!! Take care, hugs, Mary

  38. Ah Claudia, Yes here in Indianapolis we’ve been hammered hammered and hammered…snow on the ground since right after Thanksgiving. Your porch is so beautiful. You KNOW how much I love porches! 2010 has been full of transition and new challenges. Hang in there. Spring will come. It always does! May you be richly blessed in 2011. xo rachel

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