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porch

1. An exterior structure that shelters a building entrance.

2. An exterior structure that extends along the outside of a building; usually roofed and generally open-sided, but may also be partially enclosed, screened, or glass-enclosed; it is often an addition to the main structure; also called a veranda, galerie, or piazza; if set within the building structure, it is said to be an integral porch.

3. A small vestibule inside the front door of a 17th-century colonial American house, usually containing a steep stair leading to the loft space above. Also See carriage porch, double-decker porch, double-tiered porch, engaged porch, full-façade porch, full-width porch, gabled porch, inset porch, integral porch, lattice porch, portale, projecting porch, raised porch, shed-roof porch, sleeping porch, storm porch, two-tiered porch, wrap-around porch.

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In summer, when the cabin heats up, the couple heads out to the 150-square-foot sleeping porch (above and opposite, top right).

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The sleeping porch confirms that the rewards of the working-class pastoral ethos are largely items of bourgeois leisure, and this passage is perhaps more accurately an example of a middle-class pastoral since the Merserve's have by now successfully scaled the social ladder.

The working-class pastoral of Zora Neale Hurston's Seraph on the Suwanee

Natural flooring in the form of slate tiles was also chosen for the sleeping porches and entrances to each home, and no-VOC paints were used throughout the project.

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developer Frederick Engstrum, the 13,290-square-foot gated compound, situated on two acres in the Franklin Village/Los Feliz neighborhood, features mahogany paneling, Batchelder fireplaces, a billiards room, chef's kitchen and numerous terraces, patios and outdoor spaces (replete with trails, ponds and waterfalls), including a sleeping porch with Murphy beds.

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A sleeping porch was one of Becki's top priorities during the renovation.

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Off the bedroom is a sleeping porch, an architectural feature popular in the early decades of the 20th century.

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The girl's bedroom upstairs opens to another indoor-outdoor jewel: a secret sleeping porch, itself a blend of contemporary styling and Craftsman shingles and beams.

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Long a part of cowboy and camping traditions, it achieved architectural expression in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the rise of the sleeping porch; Sunset published an early story on it in 1915.

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Soon to reopen after a renovation, the lodge offers overnight guests their choice among several themed bedrooms and a cozy enclosed sleeping porch, along with home-cooked meals.

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A third of the rear veranda is enclosed as a sleeping porch. The 10-foot-wide porches extend the living space considerably.

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A small room in the southeast corner of the house is what Sara calls her "nest." This room that once had four window openings (three remain) was originally a sleeping porch and is now a cozy place of solitude.

The house that touched the sky: a hilltop home in Meridian still bears traces of its first life as a country club

Converting a narrow sleeping porch into an extension of a small bath could have created a tunnel-like room.