When Spring rolls around it's a great time to update your porch look! Our Quick Spring Decorating Ideas Guide will get you motivated and excited to welcome Spring onto your porch and into your home!
We've also included links to other idea pages so you can transform your porch into a masterpiece and envy of the neighborhood.
Color it up: No really good Spring decorating idea guide would leave this out. Add floral and paler tones to your porch. Make or purchase cushions and covers with floral colors. Use our handy color charts to find just the right color scheme.
Hang planters: If the threat of frost is gone start putting out plants, hanging planters, and box arrangements on your porch. Depending on your geographic area select plants that have the most color and complement your porch colors. Plant an herb garden or some pansies in planters. Find a sunny spot - even if that means putting the pots on your steps, provided there's enough room. Nothing more welcoming than a beautiful flowering plant.
A new outdoor rug: Ever consider an outdoor rug for your porch? Arrange your furniture for conversation and use an outdoor rug to pull it all together. Take care in choosing just the right color or color combination.
Replace your doormat: Another Spring decorating idea is to replace your doormat. Your friends and family will notice the fresh look of a snappy looking mat. You can find many styles, colors and themes at your favorite home and garden store like Home Depot, Lowe's, or your favorite garden center.
Decorate your front door: Decorate your front door with a decorative front door wreath. Use brightly colored flowers to celebrate the end of winter.
Create a view: Buds are budding and birds are singing this time of year. People like to sit on the porch and take in the view. Here's how you can do it.
Create a view from your porch
Create a quick focal point by putting a few bird houses close together.
Add a bird bath and you'll enjoy hours of serenity watching our feathered friends. They are inexpensive to purchase or better yet, easy to build. Don't have a tree nearby? Just hang them from a wrought-iron plant hangar.
Or, start a flower garden just off your porch and add plants that attract butterflies. Review our porch landscaping section for some great ideas.
Take a moment and watch our video to get ideas for your porch this spring!
Create a focal point: An often overlooked item on porches is a "focal point". Find an item that can easily be a conversation piece. It could be a picture, a unique planter or planting arrangement using tuteurs. These are free-standing supports shaped in various geometric forms and are used like trellises.
For more ideas for creating a focal point see our Guide to Decorating Ideas and Concepts.
Sheers or outdoor curtains: A neat Spring decorating idea is to hang sheers or porch curtains from your porch. These can give you a sense of privacy and add color as well. You can tie them back or let them hang free.
Move the snow shovels: Often times our porches become storage locations over the winter. Move out the snow shovels, ice melt containers, lost mittens, etc. Make your porch inviting to others.
Rake up, sweep: Rake up, sweep, and get your landscaping around your porch ready for planting. Now's a good time to assess your steps and walkways to see what maintenance they may need. The thawing ground will reveal walkway heaves that need to be attended to and landscaping lights that need to be fixed in place again. Use our porch landscaping ideas section to envision changes you'd like to make.
The flowering ornamental tree is beautiful against this front porch
Spring Decorating Ideas for Small Porches
We are often asked about what Spring decorating idea we have for small porches. Although restricted by size, small porches can really sizzle! A small porch has an advantage- it's size.
You can create the "wow" factor through color and focal points. We offer lots of specific suggestions in our small porch and landscaping sections.
You can make a dramatic impression by choosing the right color and color combination, selecting an object that becomes a great conversation piece, and decorating the area adjacent to your porch. It doesn't always have place just shrubs on either side.
Lauren author of Southern Sassafras used color and just a few accents to liven up her small porch for spring.
Like many people, Lauren rents her home so she is somewhat limited. But that didn't stop her!
She washed the porch floor and rather than repainting, Lauren added a colorful rug.
This is an easy way to upgrade any porch floor and it looks great!
Lauren uses the colors in her rug on her accent pieces, the small table and birdhouse.
Using just a few colors and carrying them through on your porch
can have dramatic effects.
The birdhouse was purchased at Walmart for about $5 in the craft section. Lauren painted it with paint she already had; the jar was a thrift find.
Filled with fresh flowers the jar creates a warm and inviting look.
Lauren needed to update her cushion but couldn't find one she liked.
Ingenious, she covered it with a leftover vinyl tablecloth!
This is an inexpensive way to decorate and Lauren says "it's super easy to clean"!!
We appreciate Lauren sharing her spring decorating ideas with us. Be sure to visit Lauren's blog Southern Sassafras
Give your porch a good cleaning
Don't forget to clean around your windows, railings, and columns. Now is a good time to clean up the steps and walkways, rake leaves from landscaping beds beside your porch, and check to make sure down spouts are in good repair.
Recipe for streak-free windows
It's a good time to wash the windows on your porch.
A dear friend of mine gave me a professional window washer's recipe for a great window washing solution.
Do a little maintenance work. Take note of things that need to be fixed. Repair loose balusters, caulk and paint columns, and secure any loose boards. Don't forget to take apart the light fixtures, clean the glass shades, and ensure the bulbs are working.
Another great spring decorating idea is to think about upgrading your porch light fixtures. New fixtures, along with new door hardware can go a long way to spruce up your front porch.
Create a quick focal point by putting a few bird houses close together.
Like many people, Lauren rents her home so she is somewhat limited. But that didn't stop her!
Lauren uses the colors in her rug on her accent pieces, the small table and birdhouse.
The birdhouse was purchased at Walmart for about $5 in the craft section. Lauren painted it with paint she already had; the jar was a thrift find.
Lauren needed to update her cushion but couldn't find one she liked.
