Now that we have done some basic landscaping in the front of our house, I think it is time to create a fun inviting and welcoming front porch.
I love our house and the exterior is pretty, however I don’t really have a front porch, just a stoop.
This is how the front of our house looked when we bought it 2 years ago.
This is our tiny front porch. I hung a wreath that I had and added a plant when we moved in. Nothing too exciting going on here.
For Christmas I hung a garland, new wreath and added a small Christmas Tree.
Since we moved in, we’ve removed some overgrown and dead plants that were blocking the window and started fresh. We planted a pretty row of flowering bushes across the front of the window. They are way too small still, but should fill in nicely in a few months. Two planters are kind of filling in the space for now. I like how things are beginning to shape up, but now I really need the front porch to be pretty and inviting.
I’ve been scouring pinterest for some ideas for a small porch and how to make it interesting, but there really aren’t too many to choose from. Most homes have at least a little bit of a porch, so this is hard.
She added a lot of character here with her planters.
If I had room a small bench would be fabulous.
This is pretty with the black and white.
The blue door is gorgeous too and those ferns are to die for. I can’t do ferns in our hot & dry weather they would die in nothing flat.
I love the idea of layering a rug with the doormat. That adds some color.
Sarah @ Life On Virginia Street had a recent post sharing some really gorgeous planters for the porch.
I think I can pull off a more interesting porch with just a few simple changes that I can mostly DIY.
My porch is so small that I don’t have room for much, so I am thinking a couple of plants, a great rug and doormat, maybe a basket instead of a wreath and go from there.
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