The Portfolio
Recent screened porches, each shaped around a different family and a different yard.
Green Hills
Painted white brick fireplace, cable railings, and a wooded backyard the family disappears into.
East Nashville
Reclaimed cedar beams and a stacked stone fireplace added onto an older painted-brick home.
Sylvan Park
Arched screen openings, wraparound dining setup, and a fieldstone hearth for shoulder season.
Our Process
The arc from your first visit to our showroom to the first evening you'll spend on the finished porch. Three chapters, learned over thirty years of building them in Middle Tennessee.
It starts at our West Nashville showroom, with photos of your house and yard. We listen to how you'll live in the room, then show you materials and porches we've built before we talk about yours. No charge, no pressure. You leave with a sense of what's possible.
The porch made real before a nail is driven. We measure everything, match the roof to the house, and refine the design with you until it feels right. The result is renderings you can picture yourself in and plans ready to permit and build.
When we break ground, you get one project manager, weekly updates, and carpenters who've been building Nashville porches for years. At the end, we walk it with you, fix anything that isn't right, and clean up like we were never there.
The Investment
Most families ask what a screened porch costs before we've walked the yard together. Every porch we build ends up priced line by line, but most projects settle into one of three tiers. Starting figures below.
Tier 01
The straightforward screened porch, done right.
Starts around
$70,000
Typically looks like
Tier 02
The middle path most Nashville families land on.
Starts around
$100,000
Typically looks like
Tier 03
The porch designed to become the family's favorite room.
Starts around
$150,000
Typically looks like
The Details
Every screened porch is a stack of decisions before it's a set of drawings. These are the ones we walk through with you before demo day.
Roof Integration
A porch that looks like your house always had it. Gable, hip, or shed roof pitched to match the existing angle, so from the yard it looks like one building instead of two.
Screens & Rails
The membrane that keeps the yard outside. Standard black mesh for most lots or motorized panels that roll up when you want the room open. Below the mesh, a Chippendale rail, an aluminum picket line, or a half-wall for privacy from the neighbor walking the dog past.
Flooring
Most of our clients choose composite for a floor that looks good for years with almost no upkeep. Thermally modified wood brings the warmth of real hardwood with far less movement in our humidity. Stone or concrete works beautifully for porches that open onto a patio. We’ll walk you through the trade-offs before you choose.
Ceilings
Exposed rafters and beams, painted or stained, add height and show how the room was built. Beadboard or tongue and groove gives it a more finished, tailored look. Either way, the ceiling is designed around how much light the porch gets and what will hang from it.
Kitchens & Cooking Spaces
The grill-plus-prep setup that moves dinner outside for the whole warm season. A built-in gas or charcoal grill, a weather-rated stone counter deep enough for a cutting board and a landing zone, an outdoor sink roughed in off the house line, and cabinetry sealed for Middle Tennessee humidity. A pizza oven on one side, a smoker tucked on the other, if that is how you cook.
Fireplace & Hearth
Wood-burning or gas, stone or brick. A hearth level with the floor, or raised up as a bench you'll actually sit on. A working fireplace turns a summer porch into a room you'll use from March through Thanksgiving evenings.
Fans, Heating & Lighting
A ceiling fan that answers Middle Tennessee humidity. A radiant heater or a gas line to the fireplace that holds the room through November evenings. Lighting warm enough for dinner and bright enough for a card game. Enough outlets to run a phone charger, a table lamp, and the string lights along the eaves at once.
The Word
4.9 out of 5 · 78 reviews
Every one of these is a real Google review from a Middle Tennessee family who's spent evenings on a porch we built. A few are shown here; the rest sit on our Google Business Profile.
The Porch Company did an amazing job screening in my porch! They have totally transformed it into a place I want to spend all my time in. The team was friendly and I always enjoyed their time here working on the place. I cannot thank them enough for their efforts.
Tanner Evins
Jul 2026
Great company! Great people and quality work. Everyone we worked with was very professional and the quality of their work is top notch. The process from beginning to end was very thoughtful and organized. We couldn't be happier with our new screened in porch and fire pit.
Brett Pettit
Jun 2024
We had The Porch Company tear down our existing screened porch and build new. The work is beautiful. The attention to detail is excellent. The crew was so great to work with and their project management team was very responsive and communicative. Highly recommend The Porch Company!
Natalie Creamer
Oct 2022
The Options
The right one depends on how you’ll use it. Here’s how we explain the difference.
A roof overhead and the yard all around.
No screens, no glass. A roofline tied into the house so it looks original, and an easy connection to the yard.
Best when
You want shade and shelter, and don’t mind sharing the space with the outdoors.
ExploreAll of the outdoors, none of the mosquitoes.
Fresh air and natural light, with bugs kept out. The space our clients gravitate to from spring through fall, and well into winter with a fireplace.
Best when
You want to live outside for most of the year.
The porch that stays a room in March.
Windows that open to screens, so the room stays comfortable on cool days and breezy on warm ones. The space where morning coffee moves outside in March and stays there through November.
Best when
You want the porch feeling, with a longer season on both ends.
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A room of the house, closer to the yard.
Fully insulated, heated and cooled with the house. A true living space that brings the yard into everyday life, all year long.
Best when
You want to use it every day, including January.
ExploreThe Honest Version
A closer look at each decision, so you can come to your first design meeting already knowing what you like.
Where the porch meets the house.
The pitch, the materials and how the new roof meets the one already on your house. When the slope, trim and shingles line up, the porch looks original, from the street and from the yard.
The question to sit withShould the new roof feel like it was always part of the house, or like a thoughtful addition to it?
Where the room meets the yard.
The screen decides how open the room feels. The rail below it sets the architecture. Together, they shape how the porch looks from inside and out.
The question to sit withHow open do you want the room to feel?
The one surface you’ll feel every day.
Porch floors take more than indoor ones: humidity, blowing rain, dog claws and dragged chairs. Each material handles that a little differently.
The question to sit withHow much upkeep do you want to do?
What the afternoon light finds overhead.
The ceiling sets how tall and open the room feels, and it carries the fans and lights.
The question to sit withShould the ceiling be a feature or a backdrop?
The decision that moves dinner outside.
A grill and a little prep space turn the porch from a sitting room into the place where summer dinners happen.
The question to sit withHow often will you actually cook out there?
The decision that stretches your season.
A fireplace keeps the porch in use well into the cool months. The fuel sets the feel and the upkeep. The hearth decides whether it’s something to look at or a place to sit.
The question to sit withIs tending a fire part of the appeal?
The systems that keep you out there.
A fan answers the humidity, a heat source holds the room into the cool months and the lighting sets the mood. All three are planned before the ceiling closes.
The question to sit withWhen will you use the room most, morning coffee or late dinners?
Common Questions
Something not covered here? Ask us on the first call.
The Rest of the Work
Not every home needs a screened porch. Here are other ways we help Middle Tennessee families spend more time outside.
For slower mornings, longer conversations, and the times the house belongs outside.
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The first welcome your home offers, and the last place the family says goodnight.
ExploreLight-filled and weather-softened — built for spring through fall.
ExploreA room that stays close to the yard through every Tennessee season.
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Pergolas, cabanas, and pool pavilions that give the yard the finish it deserves.
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The porch you already have, made new for the way you live today.
ExploreAreas We Service
From Belle Meade to Franklin, we know the neighborhoods, the houses and the hillsides. We build within about 30 miles of our West Nashville office. Find your area below, or reach out if you don’t see it listed.
Explore Service AreasStart the Conversation
Every great project starts with a conversation. Tell us what you’ve been imagining, what you want more of at home, and how you hope the space will feel when it’s finished. We’ll take the time to listen, answer your questions, and help you understand what the next step could look like.
