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Home Sweet Home
- by Marisa
- August 7, 2007
If you’re under the impression that buying or building a brand new house means that life will be easy from here on out, think again. With a house, it’s always something. Whether you’re redecorating or updating or doing a major remodel to accommodate your family’s changing needs, rest assured that there will be more projects to come. There always are.
As some of you may remember, we just finished putting concrete sidewalks around my house. Finally. In doing so, my husband had to remove my side porch/deck. Our plan is to rebuild it but close it in. So today I was looking around online trying to get some ideas. I think I like what I saw.
First, what I was looking for was a closed in or glassed in porch or patio Apparently, in England thiese are called Conservatories. Regardless of what you call them, they are beautiful and I want one. Specifically, I want the Elizabethan style. Just look at that roof!
I actually got quite a few ideas for our future Home improvements projects from this site. My husband does all our own work, since he is in construction, so I’m urging my UK readers to check out this site. Right now, they’re offering an £800 off internet special promotion. There’s something very appealing about hiring someone to just come in and do the job, rather than waiting for your husband to work on the project on the weekends. I wish I could call Angian Home Improvements now. I miss my side porch conservatory!
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Funny thing that Americans call them Sun Porch or similar, but here they are Conservatories. I still wonder if the local symphony plays in wee glass structures…
My best friend has something similar, we call them ‘sun rooms’ in Florida. They’re very nice in the winter, stays nice and warm inside.
Good luck, I love sun rooms or whatever they call them. We have quite a few types in the Buffalo market. Many times they are built for all seasons which make them usable all year round.
Hope your project goes well.
Dorothy from grammology
(taking your advice, no links) thanks for telling me
nice blog u got! love this sun room photo, wish we could have one but we dont, we still working on it, maybe we can fixed our patio and make like a sun room hehe
thanks again and hav a nice day!
Yes, it’s all English but the different words for common things is interesting.
My uncle had one on his house in Ft. Lauderdale. Not sure a sun room would stay warm here in the winter, though.
Our weather is similar to yours so our sun rooms have to have heating ventilation to use in winter, too. With the kids tracking through my front door all day long, I’d be happy with a stoop on the side of the house right now!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
You’re probably right……