Recommended Articles of the Week: 8/23/13

This week's recommended articles and blog posts all have to do with porches! Whether you're thinking through the logistics of building a porch or looking for design inspiration, the links below will give you helpful ideas.

• We love this vintage, classy three-bedroom home's porch in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood - Chicago Magazine
• Porches are a stage for every day life - Valentina Interiors and Designs
• Top Five Reasons To Plan Ahead For Your Kansas City Porch (your Chicago porch too) - Archadeck of Kansas City
• Porches are the soul of the house - Beautiful Gardener
• Discover design and decorating ideas for creating the porch of your dreams - HGTV.com.
• 71 Breezy porches and patios to stimulate your creativity - Southern Living