Adding Curb Appeal with Beautiful Front Porch Ideas
At The Porch Specialist, we pride ourselves on the exceptional porch kits we can offer for properties across the UK, helping homeowners to make their properties that little bit more attractive, and even adding value to the property overall. Weâre also ready to make a few suggestions for front porch ideas that can make your property more appealing, whether youâre looking to sell or just want to impress your friends.
Read on below to see a few of our ideas for your entrance porch, or contact us right away if youâre ready to place an order for the design that will complete your home.
Our Designs and Porch Ideas
Whenever youâre looking to decorate your home or to add a feature with practical use, the first step should always be to pick out the design that you know will suit your needs best. Porch designs in the UK tend to be small, with a focus on weather protection, extra security, and added decorative appeal. However, it is also possible to pick out a larger entrance porch if you have room on your property, which may offer you a range of further ideas, including plans for outdoor seating and spaces for storage or hobbies.
Knowing what you need is the first step to picking out the ideal design for your front entrance. By taking a look at our porch design ideas here on our website, youâll be able to decide on the style of porch you need to fully complete your plans. Whether you need a large enclosed space to store coats and shoes while keeping the rain fully off your front door, or just want a small canopy design to create an interesting focal point for the front entrance of your home, weâll be able to provide it for you to build.
Below, weâve listed the kits weâll craft so that you can plan out and create front porch design ideas in the UK:
- Wall Mounted Porch
- Wall & Floor Mounted Porch
- Low Brick Plinth Porch
- High Brick Plinth Porch
- Full Height Porch
Whether you need an entire timber design to complete your plans, or think that a partially brick porch will suit all your needs better, we can make it available for you.
Painting Your Front Door and Ideas for Decorating Your Porch
Once your front porch has been installed, it will be ready to decorate as youâd like to see it, as well as how you want friends and other guests to see it when they visit your property. With a timber porch design, one of the easiest ways to do this is to paint it. Youâll have the freedom to choose which colours youâd like, though weâd highly recommend a bright white paint for red brick homes to offer a clean, contemporary finish.
If you have an older property, or a property with an exterior in colours such as brown, tan, or off-white, you may also find that leaving the porch unpainted will allow it to blend seamlessly in with the rest of the design. This creates a timeless, rustic look and appeal to your property, with the wood being kept in its best condition through varnishing. This also means that you will be able to watch as the wood darkens over time, while maintaining the enhanced grain and a rich colour you’re bound to appreciate.
Adding Plants to Wooden Porches
If youâd like to add a further touch of colour to the front entrance of your home, you may consider adding plants around your porch. These may be real or fake (if you donât want to deal with their upkeep), in pots on the ground or hanging baskets, or climbing up the sides of your porch if youâd like to create a new, green wall or roof. Climbing plants will easily attach to timber frames, and should get all the sunlight they need when cultivated and encouraged to grow. For a truly rustic design to your porch, you could even have these plants growing out of planters in the shape of wheelbarrows or tin watering cans.
Plants are bound to add a touch of countrified charm to your property, especially if you love gardening and have a large green space outside your home already.
Installing Lighting Over Your Front Door
If youâve got a good amount of experience with wiring lighting, or if youâre a trained electrician, you might also consider adding lighting inside your porch. This doubles up as an extra security feature, and depending on the type of lighting you choose, you might also be adding attractive or interesting aesthetics to your home at night. Sleek and modern overhead or wall lighting is in keeping with an up-to-date look, while old-fashioned lanterns or bulbs wired up in mason jars offer softer lighting but a warmer, more comforting appeal.
Anyone coming home late will be able to stand under your new porchlight and see their keys and the lock on the door, no matter how dark it is outside, and anyone thinking of intruding is likely to feel exposed and reconsider their own plans. If you have pets who like to wander outside, youâll also be able to see when theyâre ready to come back in.
To add that little bit of extra light to an enclosed porch during the day, you may also consider your options for windows and doors. Having glass doors and extra windows in place will allow sunlight to stream through, naturally illuminating the space.
Modern Porch Ideas
You may be thinking of incorporating ways your property can be seen as ultramodern and stylish, in which case you’ll want to ensure your wood porch offers minimalistic design elements. This means opting for straight lines, geometric shapes, and unadorned surfaces wherever possible, as well as paints in neutral colours like white, grey, and black to keep the feature sophisticated and timeless.
You’ll also want to consider the in-built lighting solutions mentioned above, and any outdoor furniture paired with it should also be minimalist. This might be items like simple benches or streamlined chairs, complementing the clean lines and functional appeal already established.
Rustic Porch Ideas
On the other hand, you may want a more countrified, historic, and rustic design for your porch. This evokes a sense of warmth, charm, and traditional craftsmanship, making your home look and feel welcoming to visitors. An easy way of adding to the “rustic” look of a porch like this is to keep muddy boots and shoes there; if gardening, hiking, or rambling is a hobby, a tiled or stone floor underneath a wood porch is the ideal storage spot until they’re dry enough to come inside. You might also use this space to store logs if you have a wood burner in your home.
Rustic design elements for our wooden porches will emphasise the use of the natural, hand-finished materials used to make them, and if paint is used it will be in warm, earthy tones like browns or deep greens and reds to create an inviting atmosphere. Decorative details like antique fixtures and planters full of flowers add a timeless touch, as does the inclusion of wrought-iron furniture like ornate garden benches and chairs.
Cosy throws and cushions suitable for the outdoors will complete both the look and the ease of use. If crochet or knitting is a hobby, you can always choose to use pieces you’ve made – this will highlight the rustic charm.
Making the Most of Front Entrance Porch Ideas
The size of your porch can often allow you to do more with the space or features it provides, especially if you have an enclosed porch or one which offers more shelter. Enclosed porches can often give you the opportunity to carry out some interior design work by fitting your own flooring or carpets, laying down rugs, or putting up wallpaper as you see fit. A carpet, engineered wood, or concrete floor may suit a modern design better, while tiles, stone, and hardwood might suit a more traditional or rustic porch interior, and rugs of different styles will suit both. Painting may make your porch look modern, but exposed brick lends itself to a rustic style.
Once these basics are covered, you can then decide how youâd like to make the most of the interior space. If you wanted the porch for practical uses, this might mean installing hooks for hanging up coats or putting racks or low shelving units inside so that you, your family, and any guests to your home have a place to store their shoes.Â
If youâve got a larger, more open porch and you like to make the most of good weather while youâre outdoors, you might also consider setting down a bench or placing a table, some chairs, or other furniture fit for the outdoors. From there, youâll then be able to sit and admire your front garden, or carry out a hobby such as writing or drawing, and your guests will have a comfortable place to wait if they come to visit.
Find Porch Design Ideas Here in the UK
If youâve planned for a porch on your property, either for practical use or to turn into an aesthetically pleasing home improvement feature, get in touch with The Porch Specialist today. Weâre fully prepared to craft the kit you need to build your very own front porch, which youâll then be able to decorate and use for any number of things.
Each kit also comes with an easy-to-follow instruction manual, so if youâve had some previous DIY experience you should be able to carry out a simple and swift assembly and installation on a schedule that suits you.
Contact us on the phone or send us an email and one of our team will be ready and waiting to talk about your design ideas and specifications, before they help you place an order for the perfect porch to add appeal to your property.
