A classic looking porch is essential to enhance the entire character of your home. A porch gives a hint of your indoors to the guests. So making it look the best is what you should be striving for! Definitely, you need to. It is an important part of your home. While you spend hours in cleaning and beautification of your home, you need to take extra time for the porch. The porch decorating ideas given in this article will definitely help you in making it a classic area.
How to Decorate the Porch
A front porch has to have the 'relaxing' element. Making it comfortable and considering it just like another room while decoration is the key to make it a place that each guest will adore.
Cleaning it Well
The first step of decorating a porch is to clean it. De-cluttering it is the primary task. You just need to take off all those unnecessary things lying in your porch. Once it is de-cluttered, you will get an idea of the total space available. Now wash it or clean it with rag pieces and detergent so that flooring, furniture, walls, glass, etc. all get cleaned. This will make the porch look fresh and bright. Now start with adding new elements to the porch.
Walls and Flooring
These are the important elements of a porch. A sunroom has glass covering, else the porch might be open from one or more sides. The walls must be colored bright. You can always use dark-color shades as there is going to be ample of natural light coming in. In case of small porch area, use light colors only. You can opt for yellow or orange. Other colors that will complement to your exteriors will look great. Warm shades give an awesome feel to the porch. You can also opt for faux painting techniques to give it a stylish look. Flooring must be glossy to have a bright and perfect appearance. You can opt for high gloss deck enamel to paint the flooring.
Furniture
Furniture is one of the factors that play a prominent role in gracing up the look of your porch. Remember that it has to be really comfortable. Porch is the area to have coffee in early mornings or chat with your friends. This is the place where you would love to start a lazy Sunday with a newspaper, so the sitting arrangement has to be the best and cozy too. You can choose from either metallic, wooden or leather furniture. Wicker sofas and bentwood rockers as the best ones for your porch. Metallic remains best for small spaces as it won't give a 'blocked-up' look. For large porch, you can opt for the comfy leather ones. After all the choice of furniture will largely depend on whether you have an open porch, screened porch or covered porch. Wicker furniture is a smart choice as it is an all-weather furniture. Some of the wood furniture which stands up to the elements is also a good choice. Make sure you place tables and 1-2 side tables as well.
Furnishing
All the sofas, chairs, chaises, swings should have best cushions. Bright and colorful furnishings will give a fresh and lovely look to the porch. Use fabrics with unique patterns and texture. Use all-whether fabrics for curtains, in case of open porch. For screened porch, use see-through bamboo blinds or dark-colored fabric curtains. Make sure the fabric is sun-resistant else it will fade up over time. Using matchstick roll-ups or rattan roll-ups is a great idea to protect the furnishings from rain and sun. Moreover, these give a natural and cool touch to the porch.
Lighting
Built-in lighting is a perfect way for illuminating the porch area. You will probably need this only after evening. Have special decorative lamps for late evenings. Avoid the regular lighting as you do inside your house. Keeping the porch lighting dim will create an ideal ambiance. Make sure small lights illuminate each corner, so that the entire area is properly visible. Small chandeliers can also be used to have a beautiful looking porch.
Plants
One of the decorating tips for your front porch or sunroom is to place a lot of plants. Instead of other accessories, you can use different variety of plants that can tolerate high sunlight. Remember that you must opt for such plants in a sunroom so that they can thrive there. You can place them in the corners on corner tables. Also, having the hanging plants is a good idea to decorate the sunroom. Plenty of greenery is an easy way to decorate a porch that will also give a cool feel to this area. To decorate the front porch in autumn. get hold of fall decoration items like pine cones, apples, twigs and berries, leaves, pumpkins, cornstalks and cranberries and arrange them in the porch. Go for a walk, get these items and explore your creativity to decorate your porch with these beautiful elements of nature.
The aforementioned ideas will definitely help you in making your porch a perfect place. Take time and look for varieties and options in furniture, furnishings and accessories needed to decorate your porch. This will ensure a perfect output, an elegant porch!
