Sometimes life is spinning out of control. We need a place to restore. Take life easy and remember times gone by.
I have a real love and fetish for porches. I can not imagine living in a home without a front porch. I feel that the front porch is a extension of the home. It should be decorated and loved just like the inside of the home. I am not a professional decorator but I love to garden and decorate from the heart. .
You don't have to spend a ton of money. If you look around your home you will find plenty of things. I go to garage sales and look for wicker pieces. I bring them home and paint them to match the pieces that I already have.
You don't have to spend a ton of money. If you look around your home you will find plenty of things. I go to garage sales and look for wicker pieces. I bring them home and paint them to match the pieces that I already have.
Must have items:
1. a rug
2. candles
3. music
4.games
5.plants...hanging and pots
6.furniture love seat, chairs, swings, tables
7. lemonade, iced tea
8. friends and family
9. fountain / soothing water feature
10. blanket or quilt for snuggling
11. wind chimes
12. lamp
article by Scott Cook:-
The Evolution of the American Front Porch
The Study of an American Cultural Object
"Porches are as synonymous with American culture as apple pie. While not unknown in colonial times, they rose to nationwide popularity in the decades before the Civil War, and remained in fashion for almost one hundred years. Ironically, the very social and technological forces that made them both popular and possible were eventually responsible for their decline."
-- from Kahn, Preserving Porches
American Front Porch, Bald Head Island, North Carolina
"Nobody thought much about the front porch when most Americans had them and used them. The great American front porch was just there, open and sociable, an unassigned part of the house that belonged to everyone and no one, a place for family and friends to pass the time."
--Rochlin, The Front Porch, in Home, Sweet Home
In recent times, new emphasis has been given to the cultural history and significance of the American front porch. In an effort to complement and to elaborate this emphasis, this project will attempt to define and distinguish the American front porch as an American cultural object. By exploring its evolution, from its origins to its decline, this project will not merely tell the story of the porch, but will also tell a limited story of America itself. While to many the front porch is unfamiliar, to the rest it must bring to mind a memory, experience, or actual place. This project may help to connect these cultural memories of the front porch to an understanding of the important role it has played in the national experience.
Contents
Origins of the American Front Porch
Stylistic Evolution
Popularization
Cultural Significance
The Decline
Recurrence in Modern Times
Works Cited and Consulted
Maintained by Scott Cook,rsc8q@virginia.edu Visit my homepage
article by Scott Cook:-
The Evolution of the American Front Porch
The Study of an American Cultural Object
"Porches are as synonymous with American culture as apple pie. While not unknown in colonial times, they rose to nationwide popularity in the decades before the Civil War, and remained in fashion for almost one hundred years. Ironically, the very social and technological forces that made them both popular and possible were eventually responsible for their decline."
-- from Kahn, Preserving Porches
American Front Porch, Bald Head Island, North Carolina
"Nobody thought much about the front porch when most Americans had them and used them. The great American front porch was just there, open and sociable, an unassigned part of the house that belonged to everyone and no one, a place for family and friends to pass the time."
--Rochlin, The Front Porch, in Home, Sweet Home
In recent times, new emphasis has been given to the cultural history and significance of the American front porch. In an effort to complement and to elaborate this emphasis, this project will attempt to define and distinguish the American front porch as an American cultural object. By exploring its evolution, from its origins to its decline, this project will not merely tell the story of the porch, but will also tell a limited story of America itself. While to many the front porch is unfamiliar, to the rest it must bring to mind a memory, experience, or actual place. This project may help to connect these cultural memories of the front porch to an understanding of the important role it has played in the national experience.
Contents
Origins of the American Front Porch
Stylistic Evolution
Popularization
Cultural Significance
The Decline
Recurrence in Modern Times
Works Cited and Consulted
Maintained by Scott Cook,rsc8q@virginia.edu Visit my homepage
2 comments:
OHHH I remember you from RMS and I recognize that gorgeous porch!!! I found your link from tootsie time and I'm so glad I did! It's so nice to see old favorites from RMS since I rarely go there anymore. So glad we can all reconnect in blogland
Jamie thanks so much for visiting my blog. I was so afraid I'd be all alone in blogland just talking to myself in a lonely room. It's so nice to see friendly faces stop in!
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