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].
And some of you are truly experts at decorating already. We hope you enjoy the ideas we have for you!
If you are like Dave and me, we learn a lot just by walking around neighborhoods and seeing what other people do with their porches and how they decorate.
Porch decorating with wicker, colorful cushions, and wind chimes!
Let Your Porch Shine - Even in the Winter!
Winter
Snowy Winter Scenes
Winter's beauty stands on its own
Without even doing any decorating, porches can be beautiful in the winter.
The crisp white fallen snow creates a tapestry of its own.
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.
Decorate Your Porch for the Seasons
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.
Summer
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 with Flowers on Anna's Porch
Anna is a true southern flower gardener. She decorates her home and her porch with flowers.
Hydrangeas are her favorite. We really love Anna's porch decorating - it's a dream porch that we know you'll enjoy, too.
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!
Summer Side Porch at Debbie's House
We don't get to see side porches often. Debbie's home has a beauty.
Come see why she loves to spend time here after she does her gardening.
Lemonade anyone?
Autumn
Fall Decorating Ideas from Lori
Lori is known as the "Thrifty Decor Mom" and she has a very nicely decorated porch decorated for autumn.
She also shares how she transitions her porch from autumn to Halloween. We welcome Lori's front porch to Front Porch Ideas and More!
Decorating for Autumn on Sutton Place
Ann is the creator of "On Sutton Place" and she graciously shares her autumn-decorated porch with us.
She is talented at combining colors, patterns and textures and her front porch is a beautiful testimonial to her talents.
We welcome Ann's front porch to Front Porch Ideas and More!
Beth's Autumn Decorations
Beth, author of Stories of A2Z, has the perfect porch for autumn decorating.
The colorful red brick of her home combined with the yellow chenille pillows and mums - are a pretty sight.
Kim's Fall Decorations - So Savvy!
Kim, author of Savvy Southern Style blog, knows how to dress up her small porch for autumn.
She changed the color of her front door to set the stage. Then Kim decorated with pumpkins,
gourds, grapevines, a lantern and urns.
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.
Joni takes simple everyday items and turns them into very pretty decorations.
See more of her decorating for fall ideas here.
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.
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.
Veterans Day
Why is Veterans Day Important?
November 11th is when we celebrate Veterans Day.
Why is this an important day?
Because it is one way of honoring all the men and women who have protected our freedoms.
And a warm thank you to their families, too, who also sacrifice while their loved ones serve.
For all the freedoms we take for granted every day, a heartfelt thank you to our veterans.
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?
Jane's Jack-o-Lanterns
Looking for ideas to use Jack-o-lanterns and goblins in your Halloween porch decorations? Jane of Janie's Porch created a very whimsical jack-o-lantern scene with a string or purple and orange lights plus six plastic pumpkins and black netting.
We know you'll enjoy her spooktacular results.
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 Decorating for your Porch
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 Decorating Ideas
Porch decorating for Thanksgiving - your 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.
Outdoor Thanksgiving Decorations
Porch decorating for Thanksgiving is just a beautiful continuation of autumn.
Simplicity is perfect and color is important. We offer lots of ideas to inspire you.
Christmas
Visit our Outdoor Christmas Decorations Directory. Like autumn, Christmas is one of the most fun times to decorate your front porch.
No matter how old you are, outdoor Christmas lights, yard decorations, beautiful wreaths, and
garland are enjoyed by all.
Whether you live in the snowy north or call a warmer climate home, decorating your front porch
is usually one of the items on the holiday season's "to do" list. Mary and I know the extent
of holiday decorating ranges from the very simple to going all out. No matter what your decorating
goals may be, achieving them requires just the right ideas.
Our Outdoor Christmas Decorations Directory is designed to give you many fun, unique, and easy
decorating and outdoor lighting ideas. Here's a very small sample of what you will find:
- From wreath designs to making your own unique front door wreath
- Door decorations to create an exquisite front door entry
- Outdoor lighting scenes that are over-the-top
- Inexpensive ways to create fun holiday scenes
- Ideas for using everyday objects as decorations
- Showcased homes to see how others have decorated their porches
- Ideas for creating holiday curb appeal
These are but a few of the many ideas and projects you will find through our carefully
selected Christmas pictures and information.
Use our Outdoor Christmas Decorations Directory
for appealing holiday porch decorating ideas.
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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