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Durham North Carolina

Front Porches in the Heart of North Carolina

Durham North Carolina, home to Research Triangle Park, and Duke and North Carolina Central universities, can also proudly boast about their fabulous front porches!

Historic neighborhoods abound like Fayetteville Street, Old West Durham, Forest Hills, and many others with grand and unique porches of varied architectural design.

Mary and I visited during the spring and had fun taking photos of Durham's porches. We hope you enjoy our pictures and ideas to help design and decorate your own front porch.

Pay particular attention to the roof design over the porch in the above photo. They combined a gable roof over the steps with a hip roof to maintain the architectural style of the home. The combination of craftsman-style pedestals along with round tapered double columns makes this a substantial-looking structure.

This is a very good example of a gable roof (again over the steps) on a shed-type porch roof (photo above). The exposed brackets and arched vine create a visible main entry to the home. Also noteworthy, are the fluted round tapered columns.

The porch above is adorned with triple craftsman-style square columns on corners with stone pedestals underneath and heavy-duty brackets. We also like the outdoor curtains which are slightly visible beneath the beam.

Haint blue porch ceiling and outdoor ceiling fan make for a great front porch.

Check out the porch window treatments on the porch above. Often times, you can use window treatments like these to create lots of curb appeal.

Another perfect example of combining porch roof architectural styles that we found in Durham North Carolina. The shed roof above is complemented by a gable roof over the steps. Also note the unique railing design which tends to soften the overall look.

At first glance I thought these were actually outdoor artwork. Upon closer examination, these are beautiful stained glass windows!

This is one of our favorites - the colors give it loads of appeal. The main colors on the door and shutters are complemented by the small wreath over the doorbell and the blooming foliage in the pot on the porch and tree in the yard. This porch definitely makes a statement!

We like that they extended their small porch with a patio, what we like to call a porch patio extension! This is an easy way to transform a small portico into usable and fun space!

Durham North Carolina is a fun place to visit. Mary and I really enjoyed walking the neighborhood streets of Durham and invite you to explore this great city and great porches around every corner!

On the road with Front-Porch-Ideas-and-More.com

Does your town have wonderful porches? Then please share that with us. We may visit your town on our next porch tour.

If you'd like to know how we travel around to charming places like Durham, NC and get paid to look at beautiful porches, we're happy to share.

Enjoy the places we have visited

Deland FL - A southern community with charming porches
Athens GA - A university town with neighborly porches
San Francisco Attractions - More than just the Golden Gate Bridge
Pacific Grove California - On the Pacific coast
Sausalito California - A little hamlet with great porches
Bell Buckle TN - Close to home but a world away
Victorian Porches of Cape May NJ - Beautiful seashore town
Mount Vernon Virginia - George and Martha Washington's home
Beach Homes of Lewes Delaware - These beach homes caught our eye
Blowing Rock North Carolina - In the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC
Franklin TN - Springtime porches in a quaint southern town
Historic Homes of Charleston - Unique in every way
Magical Savannah Georgia - Amazing Southern porches
Tiffin Oh - Porches from our hometown
Richfield Oh - We found lots of nice porches here
Winston Salem North Carolina - Southern hospitality plus fabulous porches
Beaufort South Carolina - A most charming SC seacost town and home of Parris Island
Leipers Fork Tennessee - A small, rural community in Middle TN
Tarboro North Carolina - Centrally located North Carolina town
Durham NC - Home to Duke Univeristy
Duck NC - Beach Houses on the Outer Banks
Powell Oh - Quaint small town in the scenic Olentangy Valley
Herndon VA - Where history and technology meet
Lewis Center Ohio - Great small porch bonanza
Abingdon VA - Stones throw from the Great Smokies