The threshold, decided in the right order
Water and structure before color and chairs, judged from the kerb at dusk — the porch decisions that are cheap to change, and the ones that are not.
Blue Front Door Ideas
For the ones who picked the blue before checking the light.
Front Porch Ideas
Front Porch Column and Portico Ideas
For the ones whose columns look glued on.
Front Porch Ideas
Brick Front Porch and Steps Ideas
For the ones who think brick lasts forever without drainage.
More porch guides
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Black Front Door Ideas
For the ones holding black paint without a sheen plan.
Front Porch Ideas
Porch Rocking Chair and Seating Ideas
For the ones buying rockers before measuring the swing.
Front Porch Ideas
Green Front Door Ideas
For the ones matching the door to the shutters instead of the garden.
Front Porch IdeasFarmhouse Front Porch Ideas
For the ones collecting farmhouse signs instead of building a porch.
Front Porch Ideas
Porch Planter and Hydrangea Ideas
For the ones planting hydrangeas where the hose never reaches.
Front Porch Ideas
Screened and Covered Porch Ideas
For the ones screening a porch that faces the wrong way.
What every porch we plan comes back to.
01
Judge From the Kerb
Your porch is the one part of your house designed to be seen from thirty metres away. Door color, columns and seating all read as shapes first and details second.
Every porch guide here starts at the end of the drive. If it does not read from the street, it does not matter how it photographs from the step.
02
Water Leaves First
Brick, timber and paint all fail the same way: water arrives faster than it leaves. Slope, drainage and roof overhang decide the lifespan of everything you put on a porch.
Choose the surface that sheds water on your orientation, then spend the savings on the color and the chairs.
03
One Decision Leads
A door color, a column rhythm or a seating group carries the porch. Give it the budget and the confidence, and keep everything else quieter.
Two focal points at the threshold argue. One focal point tells visitors exactly where to look.
04
Light It Like a Room
One bare bulkhead turns a porch into a corridor after dark. A lantern at the door, a warm glow overhead and one low light for evenings give the same porch three moods.
Judge the porch at nine in the evening before you call it done. Most porches are planned at noon and used at dusk.
01
Blue Front Door Ideas
undertone first, then compass direction
02
Front Porch Column and Portico Ideas
proportion holds the roof, style follows
03
Brick Front Porch and Steps Ideas
water leaves or brick spalls, your choice
04
Black Front Door Ideas
the single darkest thing, in the right sheen
05
Porch Rocking Chair and Seating Ideas
swing arcs first, cushions last
06
Green Front Door Ideas
borrow from the garden, not the trim
07
Farmhouse Front Porch Ideas
a working porch beats a decorated one
08
Porch Planter and Hydrangea Ideas
soil volume decides watering, sun decides blooms
09
Screened and Covered Porch Ideas
orientation decides comfort before furniture
