Most little girls dream of a fairy tale house in the country where the handsome Prince Charming rides up on his silvery steed， scales the verandah trellis， tosses the evil villain from a second-story window and then kisses the beautiful heroine. When children the world over mature into high school students， they recite Shakespeare Juliet. \"O Romeo， Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?\" perched atop a balcony? For hundreds of years， the infamous porch has loomed large in the imagination of children and teenagers;yet toda;actual porches are often ignored as we get older. People put aside childhood thoughts and too frequently let porches rot with little thought on their functional and emotional value.While childhood fantasies celebrate a beautiful verandah，porches still have much to offer adults.