Italians enjoy piazzas, the French spend time in sidewalk cafes, and around ... A typical porch would be at least five feet wide, with a wooden ceiling, often covered with beadboard.

it had the original beadboard ceiling and it was that color,” she says. “When I found the haint blue underneath the trim, I realized the porch used to wrap all the way around the house.” ...

The final touch: painting the beadboard ... the woodwork around their windows and doorways to ward off the haints, Handal says. This painting practice spilled over onto porch ceilings, and the ...

The wrap-around covered front porch, finished with a paver herringbone ... pairing them to add a warmth and texture to the large, vaulted-ceiling space. Dark, open beams allow the natural light ...

Beadboard: You've seen it on walls, of course, capped with a matching chair rail. You've seen it on pitched ceilings and porch ceilings, in back of bookshelves, under rafters, on cabinet fronts ...

Built in 2017 and updated in 2022, the 2,734-square-foot, two-story home comes with a metal roof, a wrap-around porch, a movie room ... bedroom boasts a vaulted ceiling while the primary bathroom ...