Large Front Porch Decorating Ideas

Eric Piasecki

There's no better way to boost your home's curb appeal than with a charming front porch. Make a statement by adding a bold outdoor fountain or keep it simple with a focus on landscaping like flowering shrubs or boxwoods. And who doesn't love an unexpectedly colored front door?

Whether your property sits right on the coast or is tucked away in the mountains, you'll find inspiration by the following front porch decorating ideas from some of our favorite architects, interior designers, and landscape designers across the country. These designer front porches will help you create the perfect outdoor living, entertaining, and lounging space that's been right in front of you all along.

Brie Williams

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A Breezy Getaway

Kentucky-based designer Matthew Carter awakened the island spirit of this once dormant, 70-year-old cottage in the Bahamas with the help of sublime color. The soft pink stucco walls and a comfy outdoor sofa invite neighbors onto the front porch to relax and listen to the ocean waves. The stucco is painted Old Country by Benjamin Moore.

Max Kim-Bee

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A Gracious Nashville Stay

One of the first things designer Richard Hallberg did to make this Nashville mansion feel less rigid was paint the red brick facade a soft putty color and lacquer the black shutters and front door to match the existing bluestone porch floor. Sculptural boxwoods and lantern sconces beckon guests to come in and stay awhile.

DYLAN THOMAS

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A Blooming English Hello

After tackling the interiors of their 17th-century English cottage, textile designer Richard Smith and his partner, Andrew Blackman began taming the wild plantings outside by creating garden rooms and seating areas. The front porch looks out onto the endless gardens and serves as a quiet place to enjoy morning coffee.

BJÖRN WALLANDER

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A Riverside Affair

Overlooking the Connecticut River, the porch of this Victorian home by fine-art photographer Kate Cordsen was designed as an outdoor dining space for summer cocktail parties. The wood trim was restored and painted a lighter color to reflect the river light. The lavender cushions are by Sunbrella.

Brian Woodcock

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A Grand Georgian Welcome

Designer Caroline Gidiere's home in Mountain Brook, Alabama, is a master renovation of a formerly dilapidated mansion. Gidiere and her architect and friend James F. Carter turned this home into a local landmark with a grand front porch that ensures you won't be able to help wondering what lies inside. Carter says the front door and its Philip T. Shutze–inspired surroundings brings the entrance down to "a more human scale," albeit exuberant as it is.

Scott Shigley

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Classic Cityscape

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects helped usher warmth and energy to the exterior of this downtown Chicago manse. Installing gates makes the whole front yard and porch feel like one cohesive space for hosting, people-watching, and enjoying a drink at sunset. Sycamore, sugar maples, and thornless hawthorns help give this new build a historic, rooted look, like it has been there for generations.

M.K. Sadler

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Arches in Alys

Architecture firm Khoury & Vogt turned this Alys Beach home into a globally inspired wonder, with inspiration from the Moors, Antigua, Guatemala, and Ancient Rome. The Florida-based firm also knows that the Sunshine State is notorious for sudden showers, so a beautiful, covered holding space at the front door was essential for the owners. A scalloped star motif weaves its way throughout the entire home, creating harmony and beautiful details all over.

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Bold and Bohemian

The Majorelle Gardens in Marrakech is giving us major front porch inspiration. Vivid colors, unique plants, and a wrought-iron pergola extending the shade offered by the front porch creates a feast for the eyes. This scene translates well with any home boasting an ample driveway or front yard and is perfect for the budding boheme inside of you.

The Ingalls

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French Grandeur

L.A. tastemaker Stephanie Booth Shafran knows how to wow her guests from start to finish, beginning with her front porch! Shafran's French-style home pays homage to her adoration for the City of Lights with stunning gas lanterns, limestone columns, and a traditional, rusted blue-hipped roof that ensure this front porch stands out from the rest of the home.

Helen Norman

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The More the Merrier

This Low Country cottage in South Carolina is primed for entertaining, and the front porch is no exception. Two front doors on each floor, a wrap-around veranda, and a massive driveway ensure the owners can throw all the cocktail parties and holiday gatherings their hearts' desire. Architecture firm Cronk Dutch aided in preserving the exterior while making this home ideal for the whole family's needs.

MAX KIM-BEE

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Sky Blue Shutters on the Shore

This classic Long Island home, originally built in 1917, was redesigned by architect Leonard Woods, interior designer Frank de Biasi, and the landscape designers at Innocenti & Webel to combine the joy of country life with cosmopolitan comforts for a young New York family of five and their three dogs. Crisp blue shutters and a teak garden bench add classic charm.

Eric Piasecki

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A New Side of Charleston

Architect and interior designer Gil Schafer restored the grandeur of the historic William C. Gatewood house by designing an elegant side porch perfectly outfitted for outdoor entertaining and lounging. White wicker furniture and classic black lanterns lend a timeless look.

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Greek Columns & French Doors

The Doric order columns on this Greek revival house in coastal South Carolina are pristine examples of authentic, Old-World craftsmanship designed by the architects at Historical Concepts. The double gallery porches feature operating louvered shutters on each pair of arched French doors.

JAMES MERRELL

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The Power of Paint

The front porch ceiling of jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke's 1861 home in Beaufort, South Carolina, is painted in a soft blue-green hue that's traditionally believed to ward off ghosts in the South. Plus, there's plenty of room for an indulgently lengthy dining table for entertaining alfresco.

Julia Lynn

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In the Gothic Garden

The facade of this Gothic revival summer cottage in the Old Village of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina was designed by Beau Clowney Architects and the landscape designers at Wetimer & Cline. A pair of planters flanking the front door extends a warm welcome. The A-frame adds a punch of fairytale-like charm.

Bjorn Wallander

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Brick on Brick on Brick

Designed by architect Madison Spencer, interior designer Suzanne Kasler, and the landscape designers at Rieley & Associates, this 1930 Georgian revival home sits on a 10-acre property in Richmond, VA. Framed by a classical arch and pair of columns, the porch at the side of the facade boasts a view of the James River.

Francesco Lagnese

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Back to School

Interior designers Thomas O'Brien and Dan Fink's Long Island getaway consists of two structures: an 1800s former schoolhouse called the Academy and the newly built library. The dark green front door inside the small, glassed-in porch connects the home to its lush landscape.

Matthew Millman

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One with Nature

Designed by Peter Pennoyer Architects, interior designers at The Wiseman Group, and Stephen Suzman of Zeterre, the front porch on this woodsy mountain home in Carmel Valley, CA, features harvested teak, copper, and natural plaster to blend in with the native terrain.

Julia Lynn

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New Heights

When flood requirements mandated that this 1830 Sullivan's Island home had to be elevated, Beau Clowney Architects worked with landscape designers Wertimer & Cline to connect this traditional Low Country porch to its surroundings via trees and shrubbery.

Thomas Loof

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Antique Architectural Details

The front porch of interior designer Lars Bolander's West Palm Beach home boasts 100-year-old Brazilian doors and an oval plaque that once adorned a California winery. Swoon.

Chris Edwards

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Gated Garden

Mark Kline and Ken Pursley of Pursley Dixon Architecture designed a charming front porch for this home in Charlotte, North Carolina with an inviting garden gate, large bronze lanterns, and a sage green exterior paint color.

J. Savage Gibson

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Thomas Loof

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Space for Two

The front porch of this 100-year-old Victorian house designed by architect Rosen Kelly Conway and interior designer Miles Redd features two front doors. The main front door was repainted with Skyscraper by Benjamin Moore, while the second was converted to a window.

Laura Resen

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Cabin in the Mountains

Interior designer Kathleen Rivers called upon architect Mark Paullin to help design her home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. On the front porch and gable above supported by rough hewn logs, the brown and white exterior walls resemble a log cabin with a contemporary twist.

Brie Williams

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Southeastern State of Mind

Beau Clowney Architects and landscape designers Wertimer & Cline designed this Sullivan's Island home with a formal front porch on the first floor and a casual, island-style front porch on the second. Upstairs, louvered Bahama (or Bermuda) shutters allow for more privacy while still ushering in coastal breezes, blending the owners' love for the South and Caribbean.

Large Front Porch Decorating Ideas

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