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Here it is. There are some beautiful ideas on that site. Thanks GGG !

Here is a link that might be useful: Vintage Porch

So pretty. I have two old porch columns that used to hold up the front porch until they got too bad to keep painted any longer; so I bought some new ones. Now the new ones are cracking and paint won't stay on them, I have an idea to just buy vinyl (cringe!); then I would have four old wooden porch columns and I could make something like a detached porch with them. Someone here on Cott.Garden posted photos of their porch that wasn't attached to the house but sat some distance away. I loved it.

That other detached porch would it have been Mary Lu's? Maybe she could post another picture of it, it was really cute.

Annette

Annette, yup you remembered right. We do have a porch without a house and we love it. Wish it was spring and we could sit in it right now!
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This picture was taken in 2008, but it looked just the same a few weeks ago. At least the snow is melting quickly now and hopefully spring will soon be here!
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Oh that is too sweet GGG! Love it! I have a magazine that has porches like that with lots of fabric and pillows and stuff and I wonder though how on earth do they keep it all looking so nice? ~Meghan

That's it for sure, Mary Lu. My favorite.

Meghan, the only way to keep the pillows and fabric clean and looking nice is to drag them out in nice weather, scramble out to bring them in if the sky looks like rain, drag them back out again,ect.,ect. I know, I've done it for years.

But there are those days when the sun shines until dusk, and you enjoy sitting on a soft cushion in your wicker chair and resting a sore gardening back on pillows. I know, I've done it for years. Altho, I must admit my vintage tablecloth collection doesn't get as much use these days as I don't seem to have the time to set an outdoor breakfast or lunch table anymore. A shame, because it's one of my guilty pleasures esp. in the Spring and warm September days.

This time change has affected me, I'm repeating myself "I know, I've done it for years". I thought I typed that line, but when I hit preview I didn't see it. Now, I see both of them. :) :) :)

GGG- That porch is beautiful! So is Mary Lu's...I really need a porch.

Schoolhouse- You should sit on your pretty cushions, relaxing on your porch...and drink your tea! :)

LOVE all this, inspiring!!!