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Front Porch Ideas for an Amazing Porch

Our front porch ideas will make your porch bloom in spring, sizzle in summer, colorful in autumn, and festive in winter.

No matter the season, type, size, or design of your porch, there are a myriad of things you can do to create curb appeal, provide comfort, entertain, landscape, and much, much more.

Transform a small porch into a usable fun area, divide a large wrap-around porch into separate living areas, or build the porch of your dreams.

Photos courtesy of Home Rebuilders, Atlanta GA

It's amazing what remodeling the front porch area can do for a home. It instantly creates immense curb appeal and adds real value to any home. You don't have to remodel; however, to make an impressive difference.

Victorian Porch

"We Love Porches" video

Sampling of Porch Transformation Ideas

Change, paint, or modify your porch railings or porch columns to create a new refreshing look.

Paint your front door a vibrant color for instant curb-appeal.

Need new porch flooring? Try interlocking deck tiles - lots of options, styles, and patterns to choose from (and they are super easy to install)!

Want privacy? Use landscaping techniques to create your own private hideaway just right for dining or quiet conversation.

Have a friend or family member with mobility issues? Consider installing a porch-lift or building a visually appealing wheelchair ramp.

You'll find these and other front porch ideas throughout our site. We even travel across the country to bring you fantastic porch ideas!

Beach Home Porch

Don't stop there. Our front porch designs section has just about every style porch under the sun, from country porches to Victorian porches to bungalow porches and more! We have a generous amount of front porch ideas, porch pictures and porch plans to inspire you.

Country Porch

If you're planning to build a porch or screen porch or are a do-it-yourself kind of person, we also have oodles of tips, pictures on everything from front porch ideas for designing a porch to how to build or convert a porch.

Log Home Porch

photo courtesy of Roger Wade Studio

A Sampling of Our Responses to
Site Visitor Questions

Q: "I have a large Victorian porch and I want to remove the railings . The porch is at ground level in front but is about 36" off the ground in the rear."

Reply: We always recommend complying with local building codes and in this case you would typically need a railing on the rear of the porch. (Most local codes require a railing if the porch is more than 30 inches from the ground). However, you could landscape the rear area around the porch to bring the ground up to a sufficient height thus alleviating the railing requirement!

Q: "I have a small porch and a smaller budget. What can I do to increase the size of my porch to make it more usable".

Reply: Many homes have very small porches and if you can't build on to it, consider building a "patio porch""patio porch" beside your small front porch. You can easily expand your porch by creating a patio area adjacent to it. Use inexpensive patio pavers to create the patio floor, add landscaping around the patio, and furnish with outdoor rockers or a bistro set (we show you how). For privacy, select a few higher-growing shrubs to conceal all or part of the patio area.

Q: "I'd like to use our porch more often but it gets too hot in the afternoon. What can we do to keep it cooler?".

Reply: Try porch shades or curtains. There are wonderful outdoor materials available that will last a long time and are very durable. Awnings may be another option; some are retracted manually or are motorized (some even have wind sensors). Another option, depending on your local humidity levels, might be a porch misting system.

Q: "Can you install porch curtains in Australia?"

Reply: Yes, but only if you pay our airfare and all other expenses!!

Nancy Moore, President/Owner of The Porch Company in Nashville, Tennessee, outlines her "ideal" porch - it has to have:

Easy maintenance

Natural or artifical (fans) breezes all the time

Really, really comfortable furniture

Read more about The Porch Company and see Nancy's custom screen porch design and build gallery. You'll be amazed!

Have fun exploring our porch ideas!

Now it's time to use try out some of our porch ideas - add your own creativity - and make the most of your porch. Have fun, put your feet up, and enjoy our front porch ideas!

We hope you enjoy all the front porch ideas you find here. Watch our video on outdoor living ideas, too. Our friend and porch expert, Nancy Moore, shares lots of insider tips.

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