Your front porch is the first impression your home makes on guests (or potential buyers if your house is about to hit the market). Sprucing up your front porch steps is an easy way to give your ...

Cluster Cacti. If your climate permits, swap deciduous shrubs for a cacti, as with this contemporary Austin ranch home. These prickly pals add a fun, sculptural quality to your front steps while ...

For many people, a front porch is an escape from the hustle and bustle of the world and a relaxing reprieve from the work and chores of the home, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be entertaining.

Your front porch may take a bit of a backseat (pun intended) to the more private, cozy nooks in your backyard. And if you don't hang out there often, it might be lower on your priority list. But think ...

After reading my column last week on the local tradition of screened-in garages in the summertime, Bea Slick, who lives with her husband, Jack, in Williamsville, sent me an e-mail ...