The Ms. Cheap Porch, Patio and Balcony Makeover contest challenged readers to share creative ideas for spiffing up a porch, patio or balcony without spending a wad of money. Just in time for spring, I ...

One of my most vivid childhood memories is the time I enjoyed on my grandparents’ Senatobia, Mississippi, front porch. The spacious porch, which spanned the front of their turn of the century ...