Vaulted Screen Porch with Tongue-and-Groove Ceiling

A screen porch addition photographed on completion: a vaulted ceiling lined in stained tongue-and-groove boards runs up to the ridge, with a dark ceiling fan and light overhead. Full-height screening wraps the space so the yard stays in view and the bugs stay out, and the porch is furnished as a real outdoor room — a sofa, chairs and a woven fire-table set on an indoor-outdoor rug.

This is the kind of screen porch North Carolina weather rewards — an addition that expands the living and dining space of the home out into the shade, finished to the same standard as the rooms inside. It's the meticulous, detail-led work our reviews describe.