A permeable paver walkway leads to the porch, covered by a coated copper metal roof. A cottage-style picket fence presides over landscape beds, planted with Blue Endless Summer hydrangea and dwarf flowering shrub roses, which will produce blush-pink blooms throughout the summer.

Mature trees provide shade for the open-frame porch, which features a beadboard ceiling and exposed rafter tails.

Cedar shingles and clapboards, a hallmark of this traditional New England home style, add an inviting element to the gathering spot. Andersen windows feature Low-E4 Smart Sun glass that blocks harmful UV rays and filters out the heat from the sun.

The porch deck is constructed of AZEK decking, a scratch-, stain-, split- and mold/mildew-resistant PVC product that is impervious to moisture and insects. Slim columns are in keeping with the shingle-style cottage design.