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It's called lattice. If you don't like the diagonal version, you can get it "straight" in a checkerboard pattern. Or, rather than using pre-manufactured panels, buy strips and arrange them in any geometric pattern you like.
Out of the box idea, depending on your location, house orientation/sun exposure, local HOA restrictions, height and personal interest:
1) Convert it into a mini greenhouse garden with slanted glass covering and mini raised beds.
2) Put a mini-wall (can be constructed of painted concrete blocks, bricks, pressure treated lumber, fiberglass panels, whatever - about two feet back underneath the porch and put in raised flower beds.
What is your geographic region, the height of the bottom edge of the porch? Neighborhood environment - development, isolated, ???
I did do a little googling. I did see some not big box store cheapo that looked better to me windtimber. I also got the idea that lattice is sort of a Victorian, or at least two story wood house, 'look'. So maybe that it is on a brick ranch is part of my problem. I have seen 'brick lattice' but I didn't like that much either. One one forum people were talking about black wire and black chain link, framed out with a wide wooden border, for a backyard deck. I actually liked the sounds of that although I'm not sure about for a front porch. You just need to make sure there's enough wire for ventilation which probably isn't a huge amount in Ohio, not like 365 humid Louisiana or Mississippi or anything.
I'll continue to try to come up with ideas but if I end up with this house it may be the solution is a nicer lattice, painted differently, then some plants.
You could not put anything there and just put in landscape rocks to make it look 'finished'. Most people put up lattice to hide the dirt under a deck. I am assuming you are talking about a deck that is only a foot or two off the ground and not something on the back of the house 10 feet off the ground. If you are talking about something that is 10' off the ground, put in a screened porch under the deck. Someone down the road from us did that and it is a wonderful use of space. They put some screening under the boards of the deck to keep bugs out too.
I had our carpenter add some framing below the deck and cover it with Hardi-Panel stucco textured siding, with a couple aluminum vents on each side. Painted grey it look very similar to the concrete foundation.
looks sort of cheesy to me. But what else can you do to hide the raised porch open sides?
There are some places that are hard to cover or disguise and I agree lattice isn't the prettiest thing to look at. You could try to dress up the lattice with flowering vines depending on how much sun you get and if you are willing to do some plant care. Combined with some low growing plants or shrubs would make it look even better.
I did a quick Google search to find a few examples:
You could not put anything there and just put in landscape rocks to make it look 'finished'. Most people put up lattice to hide the dirt under a deck. I am assuming you are talking about a deck that is only a foot or two off the ground and not something on the back of the house 10 feet off the ground. If you are talking about something that is 10' off the ground, put in a screened porch under the deck. Someone down the road from us did that and it is a wonderful use of space. They put some screening under the boards of the deck to keep bugs out too.
Why would someone have a deck that is 10 feet off the ground? Would that be to fit the contour of a hilly area or something? Or is that a deck that comes off the second floor?
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