screen porch

THe weather has turned super nice and we open the house.  The screen porch flows off the living room and when the door is open, it creates an outside room.  The dog LOVES this - he can lay on the cooler concrete floor and look out at activity on the road in front of the house, and he can be with us (since we love it too and find ourselves sitting outside looking at the activity too.)

In a few weeks, the air conditioner will be turned on and this interlude with be over.  We still use the porch, but it isn't an extension of our living space in the same way.