If one lives in an area where bugs such as mosquitoes and gnats thrive, they know that they are at their worst after the sun goes down. I am typically quite comfortable until that moment, and then I am attacked. So if “ the best defense is a good offense”, build a screened porch. Screens keep the bugs out but keep the room truly an out-door room. The air flow is open and typically uninhibited. 
Your screen porch can be well lit by lamps and ceiling lights or gently lit by a few candles or lanterns. Ceilng fans will add air movement on the hot and muggy nights and the roof keeps you dry in the soft summer rains.
Not only will one add after dark enjoyment to their outside activities, your porch roof provides wonderful shade relief from the hot summer sun. Skylights placed closer to the house walls will bring some lost daylight back into the house, and if positioned correctly, will not shine down into the middle of the room, “baking” the one sitting in the wrong chair. 
A screened porch will multipy your outdoor time with shade from the sun and relief from “the meek that shall inherit the earth”…Bugs.
Enjoy the Good life with
Outdoor Living by Archadeck
