Decorate your porch

Here, a beautiful stone path leads the way to an elevated patio. It's a great way to upgrade the entrance to a home that's a little bit out of the way.

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Vintage Tins Decoration

Terra-cotta pots are lovely, but why not opt for something a little more original this year? These particular tins once held potato chips, and their bright, cheerful colors make for a beautiful addition to this porch.

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Grapevine Wreath

Who says you have to save wreaths for the holiday season? Made with a base of grapevine, the oversized one pictured here can be left up all year long — or customized with the colors of the month.

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Painted Ceiling

Yes, colorful chairs and pillows are lovely enough all on their own. But why not take things up a notch with a painted ceiling? We love this inspired, out-of-the-box idea.

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Rocking Chairs

There's a reason rockers are one of the most popular choices for front porches: They're weather-resistant, they require little to no cushioning, and they're fun and relaxing too!

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Flower Power Porch

Country Living regular Nancy Fishelson, pictured here, has a longstanding affinity for whites and neutrals. But, to offset her upstate New York front porch, the renovation extraordinaire gives guests a warm welcome with vibrant hydrangeas and matching topiaries.

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Vintage Furniture Display

There's no rule against showing off your favorite antique pieces from the safety of the porch rather than inside the house—they are the first things guests will see, after all. Make a worn table your new outdoor serving station.

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Fall Flair

It doesn't get much cozier than this Colorado farmhouse, where lanterns, plenty of seating, symmetrical plants, and seasonal wreaths all contribute to an overall homey vibe.

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Family-Friendly Hangout

One dinner-party-obsessed California couple translated their love of entertaining onto their vineyard retreat's patio. A long dining table and string-light-adorned pergola make this the ultimate hosting hotspot.

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Countryside Chic

This homeowner and mother of three wanted to call it quits on city life, and thus moved to the English countryside. With a patio this exquisite—decked out in a rose arch, box balls, and benches—the pastoral shift makes perfect sense.

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Covered Porch

An old-meets-new Idaho farmhouse boasts one particularly classic design—awnings. Porch covers popped up in the 1800s to give farmers a shady spot to unwind.

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Second Floor Galore

Who said anything about porches being confined to the ground level? If you're constructing your own from scratch, consider the setup of this incredible garage-turned-weekend-home, which boasts a wraparound porch atop two sets of breezy swing doors.

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Muted Patio

The best way to subtly contrast a white palette? Gray and black undertones, which this Orchard Park, New York patio implemented through seating and stone tiling.

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Quaint Porch

Mossy window and door frames, along with an assortment of florals, give this cozy Washington cabin extra curb appeal in the porch department.

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Pot Shed Patio

If your patio backs up to your potting shed (or she shed!), complement the outdoor nook with an assortment of galvanized pots and old French beach chairs. This California-based family also laid Calstone pavers to match the plant storage and amp up the style.

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Marvelously Modern

Take a page from Diane Keaton's book—the star's Pinterest-worthy residence is an exposed brick-lover's dream come true. While the outdoor area is rooted in rustic allure, black French shower doors (even on the fire pit, mind you) give this space a refreshingly contemporary nod.

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All Reclaimed Everything

This Texas facade, created by two antique dealers, is about as rustic as it gets. The homeowners pulled repurposed materials, like the metal sliding and iron trim, from barn roofs and a Victorian-era farmhouse in Iowa.

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Outdoor Urban Nook

City slickers, know that you can still seamlessly meld cozy and metropolitan, no matter how cramped your outdoor space is. These New Yorkers used climbing greenery, terra cotta pots, and matching rockers to turn their terrace into the ultimate cozy outdoor oasis.

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Church Pew Porch

The sky's the limit when it comes to porch seating, as evidenced by this church pew installation. We're also loving how the statement piece ties into this monochromatic scheme.

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Blue and Gray Hues

For longer porches, designate one corner as a spacious seating area. Cool-colored chairs and decor will make the section feel inviting year-round.

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50 Charming Front Porch Ideas

Remember Allie Hamilton's wrap-around porch in The Notebook? We've had a thing for porches ever since we saw it, and while we may not have our very own Noah to build us one from scratch, we do have a few more ideas to share with you. In fact, these designer and landscaper–approved back and front porches would elevate an outdoor oasis even more than Nicholas Spark's imaginary one did. Comfortable, stylish swings? Check. Mood lighting? Check. Ability to stand up to Mother Nature? Check. Now just add a good book and refreshing cocktail, and you've got a getaway that's just a step outside your front door. Get inspired by the 45 picturesque porches below.

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Frame Windows and Screens with Paint

Bella Mancini enlivened this screen door and its wood frame with Santa Clara by Benjamin Moore. The color feels right at home with cedar shake and hydrangeas but has a note of distinct cheerfulness.

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Build a Secure Closet for Packages

Between all the online orders and foot traffic, a secure spot for deliveries and accessories (like umbrellas) is more essential than ever. A delivery closet on the porch of our Whole Home Concept House 2018 even had a garment rack for dry cleaning.

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An antique dresser on a porch is the perfect place to have delivery drivers stash packages. Nicola Harding treated this one like it's in a grand foyer, embellishing it with plants, artwork, and lighting.

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Create Cover With a Small Awning

Mix-and-match tiles aren't just for your interiors—they add instant intrigue to a front porch. Here, Sharon Lee alternated patterns on the step risers for an unexpected dose of personality. A custom awning in Sunbrella fabric provides a hint of shade.

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Consider a Breezeway

From the outside, this green breezeway—which doubles as a flower-arranging room and was designed by Rebecca Vizard—makes a strong first impression, and the garden flowers pop against the gravel and tile path leading to the front door. To pull this off in your own home, keep it ground level and opt for a partially covered walk-through space instead of an elevated porch.

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Make It Cheerful

Potted sunflowers and plaid throw pillows on the garden bench align nicely with the quaint feel of the stone exterior home by Shazalynn Winfrey.

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Disguise Tech Features

The rounded door is framed by bougainvillea, giving the front porch entrance to this home by Phoebe Howard. secret garden vibe. Colorful blooms also distract the eye from the high-tech keypad over the door handle.

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Build In Your Garden

A built-in garden bed is bursting with succulents, the ideal match for a modern home exterior. They're just tall enough to enhance privacy without totally blocking the view from the living room designed by Tamsin Johnson.

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Tease a Color

This shade of blue paint was used throughout the home designed by Meredith McBrearty, so the front porch sets the tone for what lies ahead (and cools of the brick and warm tones in the entryway!).

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Hook Up a Water Feature

Designed by Cuff Home, this porch has major curb appeal. From the black shutters to the turquoise front door, and manicured hedges. But what really sets it apart is the fountain, since water features always create unbeatable zen energy.

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Go Porchless

This modern stunner designed by Kathleen McCormick speaks for itself. The concrete steps, blue door, and steel and glass facade need no introduction.

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Scatter Seating Areas

Setting up multiple sitting areas will help you accommodate more people while also ensuring you get more use out of the space. To spruce things up, consider painting the columns, ceiling, and balustrades a fun color. Designer Amanda Reynal chose a mossy green hue for this nature-inspired porch.

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Optimize It With Lighting

If you want to be able to safely enjoy your backyard once the sun goes down, make sure you've optimized it with integrated lighting in the steps and sconces on the exterior of the home, as Romanek Design Studio did here. It'll also just make your life easier when coming and going.

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Set Up an Herb Garden

Step up your style and cooking game by arranging a mini nursery or herb garden on the porch. Here, Abney Morton Interiors propped some pots of herbs up on a console table by the hanging swing.

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Keep It Simple

This Texas home designed by Jean Liu strikes the balance between natural beauty and practicality, perfect for its urban environment. The key: Pavers that complement the home's exterior material with a few trees and planting beds. Then, there's a slim overhang for extra lighting creating a more decorative impression over the front porch.

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Truck It Away

Madeline Stuart gives this SoCal home by architects Wallace Neff and John Byers a sense of place with agave plants flanking the entrance and blooming bougainvillea spilling over the wall. Though the front porch isn't visible from the street entrance, it still has plenty of curb appeal.

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Secure It With a Gate

Create the illusion of extra privacy (and an extra safety barrier for toddlers and pets) in a city home with an iron-wrought gate. They're a natural fit for Victorians and brownstones, like Eliza Carter's NYC home featured here.

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Screen It In

There are so many cozy window seats in this 1890s carriage house that it's hard for interior designer Lisa Tharp to keep track, and the screened porch is no exception. Overlooking the green New England countryside, it's a beautiful setting for a screened porch. Wherever your porch is, adding screens will keep the bugs out while still letting the breeze in so you can enjoy the best of both worlds.

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Spotlight a Motif

Flank the stairs to your front porch with stone sculptures shaped like a motif that speaks to your family or locality. On his Jacksonville, Florida, front porch, designer Fitz Pullins chose these fun pineapple-shaped sculptures in a corresponding stone material so they both pop and blend in.

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Treat It Like a Mudroom

Secure some hooks and slide in a bench or a pair of chairs to let your beach and pool gear dry instead of dripping throughout the house. Think of it as an outdoor mudroom. Romanek Design Studio opted for casual, minimalist furniture and decor for an understated, stylish impression in this Malibu home.

How to decorate the porch of a private house for the New Year / Homebodies

If you live in a private house, then you have a chance to decorate your yard and porch in a special magical and beautiful way. Give this process some time to cheer yourself up and bring the most magical holiday of the year closer.

1. Luxurious ikebana in flowerpots

Put some flowerpots on your porch. Use various branches, Christmas decorations, tinsel or rain. You can also additionally cover the bouquet with artificial snow.

2. Gorgeous pendants

Volumetric Christmas decorations in the form of pendants look great on the porch. You can place them on a strong rope or make a more creative version with real tree branches.

3. Bright gift boxes

Gift boxes are always a great way to cheer up. Until you need to add the gift itself, a simple box wrapped in paper wrapping and a red bow is enough. Such surprises can be placed in flowerpots or on special stands.

4. Traditional wreath

Without a wreath on the eve of the New Year, it is impossible to fully decorate your porch. By the way, it is quite possible to make such a beautiful detail with your own hands, the main thing is to collect more branches of the Christmas tree.

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If the wreath is too complicated for you to create on your own, then you can simplify the process. The same branches of the Christmas tree are woven into a kind of garland, where, in addition to branches, red satin and other ribbons are also used.

6. Toy baskets

Snow is in perfect harmony with the New Year holiday. You don’t even need to buy an artificial one, use the one that nature gives us. Place a few baskets with Christmas decorations near the porch, and the snowball itself will complete the beautiful installation.

7. Real tree

And, of course, you can’t do without the main detail of the holiday. A Christmas tree can be placed not only at home, but also on the porch. So she looks like a real beauty that will delight all your guests.

8. Amazing lighting

Christmas garlands are the easiest way to decorate your yard and porch. Think for yourself how best to use the colored lights.

9. Fairytale path

Small Christmas trees with a bright garland along the edges of the footpath are a way to create a path straight into a fairy tale. Instead of Christmas trees, you can make snowmen or other heroes of the New Year.

10. Creative bouquet in skates

If you have long stopped skating or they are terribly dull, then do not rush to get rid of them. They can be a great vase for a New Year's bouquet, and the detail looks more creative if you attach it directly to the front door.

Decorate your house and porch for the New Year or not - the choice is yours. But you must admit, creative thematic details cheer you up and allow you to believe in miracles!

How to decorate the porch of a private house for the New Year in a special way: 10 brilliant ideas

If you live in a private house, then you have a chance to decorate your yard and porch in a special magical and beautiful way. Give this process some time to cheer yourself up and bring the most magical holiday of the year closer.

Put some flowerpots on your porch. Use various branches, Christmas decorations, tinsel or rain. You can also additionally cover the bouquet with artificial snow.

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Bulky Christmas decorations in the form of pendants look great on the porch. You can place them on a strong rope or make a more creative version with real tree branches.

pinterest.com

Gift boxes always cheer you up. Until you need to add the gift itself, a simple box wrapped in paper wrapping and a red bow is enough. Such surprises can be placed in flowerpots or on special stands.

pinterest.com

4. Traditional wreath

Without a wreath on the eve of the New Year, it is impossible to fully decorate your porch. By the way, it is quite possible to make such a beautiful detail with your own hands, the main thing is to collect more branches of the Christmas tree.

pinterest.com

If a wreath is too complicated for you to create on your own, then you can simplify the process. The same branches of the Christmas tree are woven into a kind of garland, where, in addition to branches, red satin and other ribbons are also used.

pinterest.com

Snow is in perfect harmony with the New Year holiday. You don’t even need to buy an artificial one, use the one that nature gives us. Place a few baskets with Christmas decorations near the porch, and the snowball itself will complete the beautiful installation.

pinterest.com

And, of course, you can't do without the main part of the holiday. A Christmas tree can be placed not only at home, but also on the porch. So she looks like a real beauty that will delight all your guests.

pinterest.com

Christmas lights are the easiest way to decorate your yard and porch. Think for yourself how best to use the colored lights.

pinterest.com

Small Christmas trees with a bright garland along the edges of the walking path are a way to create a path straight into a fairy tale. Instead of Christmas trees, you can make snowmen or other heroes of the New Year.

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If you have stopped skating for a long time or they are terribly dull, then do not rush to get rid of them.

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