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Summer on the Screened Porch

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Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome

Welcome to Summer on the Screened Porch

I am loving all of the wonderful posts this week from this awesome line up in our Summer at Home tour. The entire list with direct blog links is below.

We use our screened porch late spring after the nasty round of southern pollen until November. It is by far one of my favorite rooms in our house. 

Go grab a glass of iced tea and join me as I share a bit of our summer with you. Warning…lots of pictures!

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

Summer is a time to breathe and regroup for us after a busy year of school and sports activities.

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

This is such a cozy area to sit and read early in the morning or sip a glass of wine in the evening.

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

It is also a great squirrel watching spot. Of course because of the cats they never actually come in the back yard, but stay just at the edge of the woods.

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

We love the beach! Lots of the summer is spent there. You'll see a lot of driftwood, coral, shells and sea rocks on the porch. They have all been collected through the years. On top of this chest is a huge piece of driftwood my daughter found last year. Love the odd shape! There are several galvanized buckets on the porch holding all the outdoor toys.

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Safe Haven was filmed at our beach and in Southport. You can read all about the filming and area pictures HERE and HERE.

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

I keep the insect repellent and firefly jar right by the door! I don't know what it is about me, but mosquitoes sing a chant when they see me walk outside!

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Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

Many funny and memorable conversations have taken place at this table. We eat dinner out here most nights. In the summer, I never purchase fresh flowers. I cut everything from the yard. If you fill your jar with lots of greens, you only need a few stems of blooms. 

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

Simple is a must in the summer. Don't be fooled…..the dinner table is rarely set like this on a nightly basis! Sometimes it's paper plates and mismatched Tervis tumblers! The conversation is what's sweet! 

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

A lot of the furniture has been found through hunting…thrift stores and the newspaper (before Craigslist). My hubby and son love to play golf in the summer. My daughter and I enjoy thrift shopping. 

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When we have families over for a cookout, the adults usually hang out here and watch the teens having fun in the backyard!

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

Notice the coral in the blue mason jar. Doesn't it look like antlers? I wrap up all of these beach treasures in the fall and store them in a box for safe keeping. 

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

The beverage station was just recently completed. You can see how it was made from a thrift store door HERE.

https://www.oursouthernhomesc.com/2014/06/upcycled-beverage-station.html

7 month old Bentley loves the screened porch. He misses the door being open from the interior since we had to turn on the air. Can you believe we held out on air conditioning until almost the end of May! So long cheap power bill until fall!

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Hopefully, those bricks won't always be there. Bentley can still wiggle out underneath the gate leaving poor Lizzie behind!

Easy Beginner Tutorial for Outdoor Envelope Pillows via Our Southern Home

Right off the porch is our patio area. Again, the chairs were a newspaper find. I just recovered the old, faded pillows. You can see that HERE.

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Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

The fire pit is a favorite evening spot. Here the kids are having fun with a couple of friends the last day of school burning school papers! We also love roasting marshmallows while the dogs play rambunctiously in the yard. 

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

Hands down the most favorite thing for our family and friends…is the badminton set! Do you notice what these 4 are using as the base line markers while I'm cooking….my pillows I just made!  We also love playing bocce ball, throwing a giant fabric like Frisbee and good old football and baseball tossing!

Simply Southern Outdoor Dining with Our Southern Home #outdoordining #outdoorliving

This is another dining area on the patio. It is great extra seating when we have a big crowd!

Summer on the screened porch with Our Southern Home #summerathome #porch

Summer also means extra time for crafting fun. My 15-year-old just finished this project that she made all by herself for me as a surprise! I love it! I added it here on the porch after I photographed the other photos. I love it to display our summer beach treasures.

I am so blessed that you stopped by today. Don't forget to visit the other fabulous ladies below!

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42 Comments

  1. Thank you for sharing your home. I have very similar porch with detailed columns like yours. We have been trying to figure ways to screen in. Are your screen panels permanent? Did you make yourselves? Any advise is appreciated as we battle the bugs in the summer months also and would love to get more use of our beautiful porch. Thank you

    1. Thanks you so much! My husband and a friend added it about 10 years ago. It is Screen Tight that we purchased at Lowes. It has held up beautifully. They are a permanent installment. If money was no object, I’d love to have motorized or retractable Phantom Screens. You should look them up…..so cool! Bugs is the reason we wanted the screened porch. It will get heavy use starting in May. It’s a favorite spot of ours!

    1. Thanks so much, Vidya! Enjoyed meeting at Haven and participating in the coffee challenge together! ~Christy

  2. Christy,
    It’s gorgeous! I’m finally almost to the point where we can start decorating ours and I can’t wait! Wish you lived close by … I’d be over for a tall glass of sweet tea!
    Hugs & Blessings …
    Lani

  3. What a beautiful porch! I’ve always wanted a screened porch like this. It looks like the perfect place to relax on a warm summer evening.

  4. Oh, I love screen in porches. You have a beautiful one. My sister and her husband just purchased a house that has one. I am hoping she let me help her decorate it. Thanks for sharing yours.

    1. Thanks so much, Trish! What a fun project to do with your sister! Have fun with it. Thanks for visiting! ~Christy

    1. Thanks so much, Shelia! We are loving the beverage station. Great way to add a functional piece with minimal costs! Have a wonderful weekend! ~Christy

  5. Christy, I have loved your screened porch for quite some time! So glad to see just a little more of it now. Everything is just perfect! I’ve said it before your tours never disappoint!

  6. Christy, I love your screened porch. I always wanted one. What a beautiful backyard too! I miss grass. Everything looks perfect but at the same time very cozy and comfy. I love the shelf your daughter made. Ingenious! Have a fun summer. ~Jeanette

  7. Christy, not only did you give us the “tour” but the grand tour! You have the most wonderful outdoor living space. I need to take you with me when I go thrift shopping. Wow, your furniture is really beautiful… and beautifully styled.
    You have made a haven on your porch for your family. These times are major memories in the making! There is nothing like southern decorating and attention to detail… I see you have a decorator in training in your daughter. LOVE her piece!

    1. So sweet, Yvonne! We would get in such trouble shopping together! Ashlyn is quite the assistant! I’m sure she would have a great career at decorating one day! Trying to get her to do a few posts on projects she does! Happy summer, friend! Christy

  8. Hi Christy, Your screened porch is wonderful and inviting! How lovely to have such a generous screened porch. As a rule, we don’t have the need for screens in Vancouver or Oxfordshire, but I have loads of friends on-line who really need the screens. Ugh to mosquitoes! I seem to be a mosquito magnet too. We both must be very sweet. 🙂 I also love your beach finds. Living on the Pacific I have a load of beach finds here too. Especially love drift wood. My middle child, Kerstin, made a fantastic scratching post for the cats out of drift wood, and, just recently I made a tic tac toe play board from drift wood and pebbles for guests to have fun with at my art in the garden tour. It was a big hit! It looks like you’re all set to have a wonderful summer at home. I’ll be popping back to see how it goes and keeping up with you on Instagram. 🙂

    1. So very happy to have discovered you and your blog through the tour! Looking forward to following your happenings. Enjoy your summer….I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I’m envious!!! Thanks so much for the sweet compliments! Cheers! ~Christy

  9. Oh, Christy, how am I just seeing your home and this beautiful porch! I love, love your summer tour and all the sweet things you do outside. That beverage station is the bomb, what a great idea and your photos make me want to sit down awhile and visit. Gorgeous, all of it & I just love our Southern roots we all have in common. Your daughter’s project is awesome too, what a neat idea!

  10. Christy what a wonderful summer tour. I always enjoy seeing your home and I love all the family memories that are being made. Even though we have furry children only we can’t wait to get into the new house and make new memories of our small family. We cherish those things very much. Love the kids burning their school papers, LOL. We are almost ready to move in this week. Can’t wait to decorate and projects and have a babies able to run and play. Your pups are so cute and Bailey will grow and not be able to squirm out of that fence and stay and play with his “brother” in their yard. They are so cute when they are puppies.

    Cynthia

    1. Thanks so much, Cynthia! Fur babies are great!!! Congrats on the move! I know you are excited! Can’t wait to see!! ~Christy

  11. Christy! Love your screened porch and all your decor. The handmade gift from your daughter is wonderful. She takes right after her mamma! So clever & creative. Thank you so much for being on the Summer at Home tour with us.
    xx
    Kelly

  12. Gorgeous Christy! Maybe we can porch swap for the day, I come to yours you come to mine:) How pretty you have it set up there. Love your huge yard too!

  13. Oh I do love your screened porch. It is exactly what I wanted, but could not afford. Everything is so beautiful.

  14. what a great shelf and a nice surprise too! you backyard/front yard areas are always so perfect for having fun with friends and family and creating tons of memories. Good for you! happy summer.

  15. You have a great summer porch! We just sold our home and purchased a smaller one that has the potential for a screened in porch off the garage…Your tour just sold me on that idea!! Thanks for the great inspiration!

    Cheryl

  16. I love your back porch, patio and backyard Christy! It’s all so beautiful and you’ve done a fantastic job of putting it all together and making it beautiful! I adore your beach treasures — such a great way to remember your time at the shore.
    I’m so glad you are on this tour with us! I can’t wait to meet you at Haven too! 🙂
    Julie

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