I will probably put them in my screened porch eventually. We have some construction going on now, so I haven't yet. There's no direct sunlight, but very bright indirect light. I generally prefer to put a plant in a home and leave it permanently as my feeling is that they don't like to be scuttled about, but I do have a few exceptions in my brood.
I'm not a fan of pests necessarily but I do have several ferns that go out every summer and back in every winter for the last 3-4 years. They are plants, after all, so they come from the outdoors. Maybe your pests are different than Ohioan pests, but it's nothing here that a quick shower can't handle.
I can attest to the efficacy of a proper grow light for supplementary light if your indoor conditions aren't bright enough and you don't want to put a plant outside. I have a whole basement full of plants that live on grow light alone.
