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Turn your Loggia into Outdoor Living Space

Turn your South Florida Loggia into an Outdoor Living Space

In South Florida an outdoor room, or loggia, can be on a homes most important living spaces. The days are gone when a loggia was nothing more than a place for a picnic table or a couple of chaise lounges, so the design should be versatile enough to accommodate a variety of outdoor activities.

A loggia often follows the Italian style of architecture from which it originated - graceful arches and a roof supported by columns. While a traditional loggia is a fairly shallow gallery of corridor, today's structures are deeper, rather than glorified porches. (Read full Article...)