Front Porch Decorating Ideas
Whether you love to decorate or not, we have some easy front porch decorating ideas
that will help you look like you really know what you are doing [grins].
If you are like Dave and I, we learn a lot just by observing how others decorate.
We have many front porch decorating ideas here for you. From seasonal and holiday decorating tips to real-life examples submitted by our site visitors, we think you'll enjoy what you see.
Decorate Your Porch for the Seasons
Porch Decorations for the Season
We have porch decoration ideas for every season and many holidays.
Come see the ideas we have for this time of the year.
Any time of the year is a good time to decorate your porch.
Your family and friends will love it! And of course, so will we.
Summer
Decorating with Red Sizzles in the Summer
Dawn has the knack of porch decorating down. Her porch is splashed with the color red. Decorating with red is not only fun, but the results are deliciously inviting.
Dawn shares her affordable and easy decorating ideas with us. You'll be surprised at some of her finds.
Decorating for Summer
Decorating for summer is all color, comfortable styling, and easy entertaining ideas.
Summer decorating is easy and fun.
Make your porch sizzle in the summer!
Autumn
A beautifully decorated front porch is like a huge welcome sign and a window into the character of your home.
Use some of the many Decorating Ideas for Your Porch
listed by our friend Gloria and you'll find yourself on the receiving end of compliments from your friends and neighbors.
Decorating for Fall at Joni's Farmhouse Porch
We're sure glad that Joni invited us to her farmhouse porch to see her autumn decorating ideas.
The gorgeous rich colors of autumn against Joni's white farmhouse are stunning.
You will enjoy how she takes simple everyday items and turns them into very pretty decorations.
Autumn Decorating
Who doesn't love autumn and it's vibrant colors.
Wreaths in rich shades of autumn colors, bales of hay, twigs and pumpkins! Autumn is so fun for decorating.
See our wonderful porch decorating ideas!
More Decorating Ideas for Fall
Some ideas that you can craft yourself!
Our daughter-in-law gave us this idea for a neat sign made from materials you can find in the woods.
Have fun with your porch this season!
Front Door Wreaths for Autumn
Fall wreaths can make an unassuming porch stand out...
or take a beautifully decorated porch to another level.
Come see the beautiful wreaths we found.
Make your front door beautiful for the season.
Decorating for Autumn by Rebecca
See how Rebecca brings her porch alive in autumn.
We love her front porch ideas for autumn decorating.
Simple touches of color, texture and whimsy make her porch welcoming.
Come and take a peek at her 1854 farmhouse-style home and porch.
Pumpkin Decorating Ideas You Won't Believe!
We didn't know you could make pumpkins look so fabulous. But Kate sure knows how to!
And she shares her pictures and instructions with us right here.
Do you know about Cinderella pumpkins or strawberry corn?
How about purple basil or white pumpkins? Kate turned us on to all of this. We're so happy we found Kate's blog.
Kate's Fall Decorating Ideas and Crafts
Kate and her five year old daughter made this charming wind catcher of fabric leaves. Her beautiful photographs and step-by-step instructions are great.
It's a nice lasting craft to make with a child on a crisp autumn day. Decorate your front porch with the ideas that Kate shares here.
Tress Shares Her Autumn Decorating Ideas
Tress loves autumn and enjoys decorating their Parsonage home for the season. See how she incorporates warm, autumn colors on
her inviting porch and back yard. A really charming home!
Tress shares a lot of nice pictures with us. Meet Tress...
Sarah's Charming Pumpkin Decorations
Sarah shows us how she dressed up her "teensy weensy" porch and patio.
Pumpkins, stalks and mums look fabulous on her front porch.
You'll enjoy her tips and humor. Come and visit her front porch that is all dressed up for autumn.
2009 Autumn Decorating Contest Entries
We were thrilled with all of the entries we received.
Front porch decorating is alive and well. We love all the creative ways
that you decorated your porches. From elegant and traditional to whimsical and fun. See our winners and everyone who entered.
Winter
Winter Decorating Ideas
Who says that winter is boring?
Well, your porch need not be boring this winter. We have porch decorating ideas to give your porch personality all winter long.
Check out our long list of easy ideas to make your porch fun!
First Day of Winter Pictures - Snowy Porches
Our son, Tom, took pictures of his neighborhood on the first day of winter.
You'll enjoy the snowy pictures of porches in his neighborhood. Everything looks different when the ground is blanketed
in a snowy blanket of sparkling snow.
Spring
Spring Decorating Ideas
Need some quick ideas to spruce up your porch for Spring?
Look no further.
From sprucing up to adding color, we have some nice front porch ideas.
Give your porch a face lift this spring...
Renee's Easy Decorating Ideas for Spring
Renee has a three season porch that is charmingly decorated for spring.
Using everyday objects, items from yard sales and re-purposed treasures, she creates a comfortable and inviting porch.
We love her idea of using old doors and screens.
Small Porch Makeover For Spring
See how we decorated this small porch for spring
Need to sell your home or just add appeal?
See how we used front porch decorating ideas to add curb appeal
Decorate around your five senses...
No-Sew Spring Porch Makeover
Rhonda shows us how she spruced up her porch by using a hot glue gun, a few colorful stems and some fun fabric.
She even covered her cushions with fun fabric - but guess what?
No-sewing involved - and inexpensive, too!
Spring Crafts
Our niece, Elizabeth, offers some fun ideas for spring.
From flowers in pots, buckets and wagons...
To modge podge photos and vintage cards on your table tops.
Ever heard of a stained glass cut-out that clings to your windows?
Porch decorations come in many sizes and shapes!
Hanging Baskets
Hanging baskets can provide you with exceptional color on your porch and create amazing curb appeal.
Placed strategically, they can also create a sense of privacy.
We give you some plant suggestions and step-by-step instructions for
putting together your basket.
Decorate Your Porch for Holidays
4th of July
4th of July Decorating
4th of July decorations are fun!
If you decorate your front porch, you'll be the envy of your neighborhood!
It's easy to do with some red, white and blue touches.
Enjoy this patriotic holiday on your porch.
Halloween
Deborah's Halloween Decorating Ideas
Deborah says, "Roll your eyes if you must." She celebrates Halloween week. It is "the process of the garden going down, the harvest ripening, the changing of the seasons,
...and the biggest horror of all - the land of plenty is transformed into the land of the dead.
This sounds like plenty of fun to me.
Outdoor Halloween Decorations
So many people love Halloween - little kids and big kids alike.
It's a big porch decorating holiday nowadays - kind of like Christmas.
Do you know what Halloween decorating theme you want to use for your front porch?
Scary Halloween Decorations
To create the graveyard effect on your front porch, you will want to make it as creepy as humanly possible.
You will want to have massive spider webs spilling out from the corners of your porch...and larger-than-life spiders.
You can even find glow-in-the-dark spiders!
Halloween Porch Decorating - Easy, Creative, Spooky!
With some creativity, you can have a spooky porch this year for your
trick-or-treaters. Cathy's son-in-law created a spider web with spiders big and small on his front porch.
Are you planning on decorating for Halloween? You don't need a lot of time or money to come up with something spooktacular.
Halloween Decoration Ideas - Gone Batty!
Karla's porch is a big hit in her neighborhood. She and her family decorated their porch for Halloween with a
bazillion bats. Eeeewh! A little creepy, a lot of fun! Karla got the idea from an article in a magazine and improvised.
She tells us how she did it including lessons learned.
Kate's Vintage Halloween Decorations
Kate's porch is decorated for Halloween with traditional, vintage decorations like black cats and witches' hats.
Learn more about how she added some whimsical magic to make her porch a perfect place for little goblins to visit.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Decoration Ideas for Your Porch
As you decorate for Thanksgiving, begin with your front porch.
Thanksgiving decoration ideas need not be too elaborate.
You can create a warm, welcoming, homey feeling that will be felt by all by using a few Thanksgiving decoration ideas for your porch.
Christmas
Outdoor Christmas Light Decorating Ideas
Who doesn't love a porch that sparkles and twinkles for Christmas?
Dave put together some ideas for your Christmas lights on your porch.
You won't believe how many different kinds of lights there are. We have some safety tips, too. Don't want any house fires.
Outdoor Christmas Decorating Ideas
From garland to lights to trees to wreaths...
It's the time of the year when people love to pull out all the stops. From simple to elaborate, traditional to elegant,
your porch can easily look festive for the Christmas season. We share some nice ideas with you.
Wreath Ideas for Christmas
Front porch decorating would not be complete without a gorgeous wreath for Christmas.
A beautiful wreath on your front door can be quick, creative and easy on the budget.
We have lots of Christmas wreath pictures here to inspire you and help you come up with ideas for your own home.
Instructions for Making Christmas Wreaths
One of the easiest ways to add holiday spirit to your porch is to make a wreath for your front door.
We have instructions, pictures and videos to help you get some nice ideas and get quickly started.
If you have made a neat wreath for your porch, we'd love to hear about it, too!
Dawn's Beautiful Christmas Greenery
Dawn has used fresh greenery, vines, shiny gold and silver ornaments and sparkly stems to deck out her porch for Christmas.
She has a flying snowman, too, that is so cute. Porch decorating with natural greenery is classical and beautiful!
A Grinch Christmas!
Are you a fan of the Grinch? Donna loves the Grinch and uses the bright red and Grinch green to decorate
her front porch for Christmas. She shares her whimsical outdoor Christmas decorating ideas with us.
You'll love her zany Grinch decorations.
Susan's Christmas Wreath Decorations
Susan enjoys traditional decorating. Her Christmas wreath decorations on the outside of her home are
very charming and beautiful. She shares photographs of her home, porch, and front yard decorated with gorgeous
Christmas wreaths, greenery and bows.
Kimberly's Country Porch at Christmas
When Kimberly and her husband built their home, a large country porch was on their wish list.
Now that their home is built, Kimberly loves decorating for all seasons. See how she decorated her country front porch for Christmas!
Learn Front Porch Decorating Basics
Color
Color plays a big part in porch decor.
Color pulls it together and makes it work.
Ever notice how pleasing colors make all the difference?
Learn more about color.
Fresh New Decorating Ideas
We are always excited to hear about new, creative ways to decorate your porch.
Here are several including using mirrors on your porch, plant lamps and an innovative way to entertain on your porch.
Do you have a fresh new porch decorating idea to share?
More Decorating Ideas
Porch decorating is much like decorating any room of your home.
Think color, theme, focal point and purpose.
We explain each of these concepts so you can use them in your porch decorating.
Porch Decor Tips from an Expert
Our friend and certified Interior Decorator, Bohnne Jones, shares
some wonderful porch decor tips. She emphasizes how color,
furniture placement and current trends lend themselves to an amazing porch.
Bohnne's Furniture Placement Ideas
Our friend, Bohnne, shares some MORE wonderful porch decorating tips
- like how to arrange your furniture in a pleasing way.
She also shares some other ways to warm up your porch.
I like Bohnne's tips because they are easy to do.
Perfect Porches, written by Paula S. Wallace
Paula Wallace, the President and co-Founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design, has a love for porches.
So much that she wrote a beautiful book that features 40 wonderful porches from all across the nation.
The homeowners share their porch decorating challenges. Wonderful photography by Chia Chong and Adam Kuehl.
Decorate Your Porch with a Theme
Decorating Ideas for Country Porches
Country porch decorating ideas remind us of rural life, blue skies,
cool breezes, wide open spaces, front porch verandas,
colorful flowers, and rocking chairs.
Even if you don't live in the country, you can bring a little bit of the country to where you live.
Enjoy our country front porch ideas.
Tuscan Decorating Ideas
If you like simplicity, a warm inviting atmosphere, nature, and the
country, you'll love a Tuscany decorating style for your porch.
Tuscan decorating is a combination of Spanish, French,
and Italian styles. It is a combination of casual and country.
Outdoor Decorative Flags
Porches were meant for outdoor decorative flags and banners.
Display your patriotism or root your team on to victory.
Or, you can flags and banners decoratively to welcome the seasons.
Flags are fun to collect. A fun way to keep your porch fresh!
You'll Love These Featured Porches
Special Front Porches
Some of the most beautiful front porches in the world are attached
to bed and breakfasts. Because bed and breakfast porches come
in all architectural styles they can give you great ideas.
Next time you stay at a B&B, enjoy the porch...
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