“I want to be sittin’ on the front porch watchin’ the Fireflies”

Our lives are so centered around our busy work routines with competitive races to get ahead. We are engrossed in our day-to-day tiring life of hard work and the politics of workplaces. Because of the race and competition of life, anyone hardly ever spares time for themselves let alone spending time in nature alone. One way to enjoy nature and escape from life itself is just by sitting on the porch and enjoying a cup of tea. A porch is usually an area sheltered at the start of the building or a house. It does have a roof and walls to make a designated place. Having a porch and utilizing a porch are two different things. In the same way, cleaning a porch and maintaining a porch are still different things. If you do have a porch outside your home, outside your condo or apartment, you have to make the most out of it by decorating it with different things and stuff.

Some of the pointers I found useful for decorating my Porch

Cleaning is always a good point to start.

Before decorating a porch or any other place, we need to have it cleaned out properly. The dust and unwanted stuff can hinder the decoration process. First of all, take a broom and clean out all the apparent leaves, twigs, and small stones from the surroundings. Use a dusting cloth to dust off the furniture because it is outdoor, it will be dirtier than normal indoor furniture.

Removing things that don’t belong to a place

Either it’s a person or a thing, nothing and no one should be out of place. While decorating a home or a porch it is important to get rid of all the unnecessary and out-of-place items. For example extra chairs, unmatching decorative items, additional pillows, too many tables. These will not only occupy more space but also create a more cluttered and messy environment.

Employing paints to make the Porch more colorful

Colors are always good, they bring energy and emotions to a place. They make any place more lively and beaming with enthusiasm. So the best way to make your porch more decorative and colorful is by using paint. One useful tip is to always go for soothing light colors, not extravagant and sharp colors. The purpose is to create a calming escape where you can sit and relax. Also, using weather-resistant paint is the way to go because the walls of your porch would be exposed to heat, rain, and cold.

Use matching furniture

Using the matching and somewhat colorful furniture that sits well with your surroundings is the best option. The chairs and table match perfectly with each other and the walls would create a neat and relatable aura for your porch. Keeping the same kind and color of furniture is good but you can add accent items like a small stool to keep your tea and books would also be a unique idea.

Invest in a Porch Swing

A porch swing is an investment you would never regret. Especially if you have kids, instead of wasting their time on video games and smartphones they might just come out on the porch to enjoy swinging on a swing. Also, the swing won’t just be for the kids, I love the lazy evenings on a swing with a perfect book (a perfect TV series on Netflix, I’m allowed, I’m not a kid!). You can further decorate your porch swing by using garlands and flowers and small cushions to make it more appealing and comfortable.

Get some rugs for your door

The door in the porch is the welcoming and starting point of your home. It should be a greeting and give a homely vibe. You can use wreaths to hang on your door and keep comfy rugs. You can also use hanging plants to hang in front of your door and can use garlands. The possibilities are endless. One thing that stays needed and constant is the rugs placed outside. The rugs need to be comfortable and yet absorb the dirt from the shoes.

Let’s make your Porch personalized Using seasonal decorative items.

One most effective way to decorate your porch is by using season-appropriate decorative items. It will help you connect your porch area with the surroundings in the best way possible. The matching items and settings would create a pattern and help the porch become a part of the surroundings and stand out from everything.

Fall and Winter

Fall is the season of letting things go and preparing yourself for the better and new things. Just imagine the autumn leaves falling from the trees on the side and your porch decorated with faux orange plant trees, mustard pillows, and light orange decorative pumpkins. It would create a bundled wintery heaven just outside your home.

Summer

Summers are the seasons of joy and happiness. It’s all things fresh, the rains, the summer breeze, and beach tans. When you are blessed with that season, your porch needs to know that as well. Decorate it with summar paintings and colorful birdhouses and make it comfy.

Spring

Spring is the season of flowers, love, new beginnings, and everything happy. Spring is the best season, short-lived yet eternal, brief yet long-lasting. When this season comes, you need to make your porch flowery as well.

Christmas and Easter

Christmas and Easter are blessings worth celebrating. They bring us together with dinners, parties, hangouts, and much more festivities. Decorating your porch event accordingly can be a very smart idea. You can take your celebrations outside with a perfectly decorated porch.

Halloween

Halloween would be the perfect event to showcase your creative side by decorating your porch. You can do much from using the fake web to skeleton statues, from keeping old worn-out furniture from the attic to spooky decorative items. The best part about Halloween is the element of creativity. You can try anything new that has a spooky element and your porch would be the perfect place to do so. People won’t have to come inside your home to see your talent. Some super easy and fun tips for Halloween are bundled together in this article.

What decorative accessories to get for the Porch?

Aside from the essentials, there are some universal decorative items that you can use to make your porch more lively and attractive. Some of these items are as follows.

Hanging plants

Hanging plants are a great way to add floating and trendy decoration to your home and it creates pleasant fresh scenery without occupying much space.

Lantern

Lanterns are beams of light that spread their light and beauty all around the vicinity of a place. They are perfect to light up an outdoor area without the issues of not having wire supplies and connections. Lanterns light up a place with elegance and fashion. You can easily find the perfect lantern for your outdoors by exploring this article Guide to buy Lanterns.

Wreaths

Wreaths are circular arrangements of flowers and greenery that can be hung anywhere and would look surreal and breathtaking. They are an easy option to add colors and beauty to a place.

Wall sconces

Wall sconces increase the overall appeal with their small sizes and ease of decoration. They come in a variety of styles and sizes to add a flare of intricacy and perfection. Keeping a wall is also easy; you just have to place them in the right spot and there you go.

Birdhouses

It might seem like a far-fetched idea but keeping a birdhouse can also help transform a porch from a traditional setting to a more lively place. You will love the sight of birds chirping and singing and enjoying while you sit on your porch and enjoy a cup of warm tea with your partner. Even if you don’t have birds, birdhouses themselves can be used as decorative items. There are so many themes and styles that birdhouses come in and to give you many options to choose from.

Garlands

Garland is a braided combination of flowers that can be hung anywhere and come with some beautiful color options. Some garlands are also made of just greenery and leaves which are also super cute to the eyes. so you can add freshness without keeping plants and however, it suits you.

Windchimes

Wind Chimes are made of different materials like glass, plastic, metal rods that are small and produce sounds when linked together. The sounds are therapeutic and are calming to the soul. Windchimes are a perfect item to be hung on the porch because it sounds surreal when the wind blows and the chimes chime. If you praise these chimes you have to get one or two for your place. To get the perfect piece of a wind chime, you can look into this article: Guide for choosing a perfect wind chime for your place.

A fountain to enhance the view

Keeping an outdoor fountain just outside the porch will even further enhance the view and surroundings and you will enjoy the whole aesthetic even more. The sprinkling of water, the pattern, the sound, and the view. Everything would be just more than fine. The fountain wouldn’t just be for your porch but your backyard as well. To give you some tips and tricks about choosing a perfect fountain for your indoor,  I wrote this article Guide to Buy a Fountain.

Some common yet important questions asked while decorating one’s Porch

What can I do to make my porch look nice?

You can do so much in that area to make your porch look super personalized and beautiful. Aside from common furniture, some small and easy-to-use items are always here for you to choose from. They would increase the overall appeal with their presence without looking extravagant and too much. You can try faux flowers, plants, garlands, wreaths, wind chimes, wall sconces, and lanterns.

How do I make my dark Entryway leading to the porch more lit up?

You can easily use lanterns and wall sconces to light up any area be it a room or a hallway or an entryway. These small man-made investors are here to stay. These are affordable, pretty and easy to use with super unique and perfect appeal. You can also use fairy lights combined with sconces and lanterns to make your entryway a literal doorway leading to a mysterious world like in the Disney movies.

How can I make my porch comfier?

The easiest thing is to introduce a cozy element while decorating a porch, a wide sitting area, just throw some pillows and then some cushions and then some soft rugs to make it as comfortable and soft as possible.

Expert’s Advice

Making time for yourself and creating comfortable spots in your home is important. These gestures are how you can treat yourself better. And you, being my dear reader, need to be treated the best. So, let’s create the best and most comfy porch for you to sit on and ponder over life as it is. Happy Porching!