Are you looking for inspiring front porch designs and front porch ideas?
Whether you dream of a country style porch, a sophisticated contemporary style or you only have a small space for a charming portico,
we welcome you here to design, plan, decorate, and landscape your porch.
This porch is surely a favorite of ours and we've seen many over the past 10 years.
In our 100th newsletter, we are celebrating our 10th anniversary of sharing porch ideas with you.
Truth be known, it's a bit more than 10 years now, but we are just now celebrating.
We have YOU to thank for visiting our site, sharing porches with us, asking questions, enjoying our ebooks and so much more.
A glimpse of our porch for spring, the showy focal point is the watering can wall art that Mary painted.
Also some colorful pillow toppers she just made.
Well, it's still quite early and we will be adding some flowers and sharing more with you.
The two of us feel fortunate to have come across this concept of a porch that also serves as a storm shelter.
Or it could be your deck, a stoop, or a raised patio area.
A fireplace adds tons of ambiance to a porch - or anywhere for that matter.
And having a beautiful fireplace mantel shelf can be a lovely focal point
We visited a fantastic place for yard art
If you enjoy yard art and garden decor, this is the PLACE!
Just driving by this emporium in Pierson, Florida is quite intriguing. Check out the pictures we took there.
DIY Porch Handrails
It only takes one step upon which to fall. Yes, just one.
Do yourself or a loved one a big favor.
Install one of these easy DIY handrails for up to 5 steps to prevent a serious fall.
Metal handrail kits make it easy to safe-proof your porch, deck or stoop stairs.
And they look fantastic as well. We are delighted that our readers are taking an interest in these handrails.
See our page with all the details of our DIY garden bench.
This particular bench was made from a piece of cherry and it was crafted for a wedding gift.
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Just 576 square feet in this charming cabin.
It boasts of a vaulted ceiling in the living room with a plant shelf and skylight - and a pass-through kitchen for that nice open feeling.
Many of us have the dream of living in a farm house in the country.
Isn't this a beautiful one? We found this plan at Family Home Plans.
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Did You Know?
Did you know you can modify a house plan you purchase on line?
See a plan you like? Need to move a wall, add storage, or expand the kitchen?
You can do it and we know someone who can help!
Listen to our podcast with Shawnna Steele, owner of ReDesign HP,
an online company that specializes in making house plan modifications.
Front Porch Design Ideas
Use our very popular front porch illustrator to see how different porch designs affect the overall appeal of a home.
We show you various front porch designs on both a ranch and two story home to give you different perspectives.
Now's the perfect time to select or create the perfect home plan and right here is great place to start.
We are happy to show you home plans with fantastic porches in almost every architectural style
but also many other options like storage sheds, she-sheds, outdoor projects and more.
You can't go wrong with any or all of the following porch upgrades. Each adds beauty, value, and functionality!
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Select from an array of many design options or create your own unique look.
Minimum maintenance and built to last = more time to enjoy your porch.
Look at These Porch Enclosure Ideas
You've come to the right place! Use one of FamilyHomePlans.com screen porch DIY plans and build your own (or hire a contractor).
Start with a screen room and install screen porch windows from DIY Eze Breeze.com to create a three season room!
People often ask us how to make small porches more appealing. Here's but one example of adding a lattice panel between the porch columns to create both interest
and curb appeal.
If you have a ranch home, our Porch Illustrator
will give you some idea how various front porch designs would look on it. Try it for yourself.
We also have a Porch Illustrator for a two-story-home, too.
Both very helpful with planning your front porch designs.
Our Picks
Our Front Porch Ideas Generator
Our 140 page ebook includes many before and after pics.
Case studies from real homeowners of how their house might look with a wonderful front porch design
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Our Idea Book to Help You Nail Down Your Porch Design
We get lots of questions about how a porch would look on a ranch or two-story home.
Take a look at our Porch Illustrator e-Book to see how a plain home is transformed with the addition of a porch.
See more.
Our Site is a Labor of Love
As Dave and I have looked at homes over the years and strolled through neighborhoods, we have always been drawn to charming front porches.
We've lived in homes with big porches, small porches and no porch (sad!).
We once purchased a home just because it had a screened porch.
And that was a terrific decision.
Dave and I use our passion to bring you the best
porch decorating and design ideas for your front porch.
We hope that our front porch designs, decorating and entertaining ideas will help you whether you have a front porch, side porch, or a great back porch!
You will find many front porch designs and porch pictures throughout our site.
Our front porch pictures will help you visualize and plan your projects.
Thinking of building or renovating a porch? From stone columns to renovating to building a new porch
from scratch we have photo gallery pictorials to show you how it is done.
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