How to Arrange Porch Furniture
Featured pro: Carter Oosterhouse
Category: Home Decor, Upgrade Your Exterior
Your front porch is a blank slate that can speak volumes about your home if you invest just a little time in decorating. Whether you have a lot of front porch space or a little, the way you arrange, balance and scale your decor and furniture can make all the difference in how you make use of the space. Carter Oosterhouse shares his trade secrets for choosing the right porch furniture to coordinate with your home's style and then arranging it precisely.
Step 1: Scale and Balance
Use painter's tape to plan out the placement of your furniture. Get a feel of how much room it's going to take up.
Step 2: Match Your House
If your house is traditional get traditional furniture. Remember the front porch is literally the first thing folks see when they pull up--- make it your own.
Step 3: Chandelier
Consider adding a chandelier to your porch; it not only adds charm but gives off warm, inviting light.
Step 4: Weatherproof
Finally whatever furniture you select make sure it is fuctional and weather resistant.
Items You'll Need for this GMC Trade Secret
- Outdoor Furniture
- Pillows
- Chandelier
- Painter's Tape
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I like the second one of course. Our son's friends ride over here sometimes when we're not home yet. This would be a nice place for them to sit and rest b4 they go back or to call him and see when he'll be home.
The front yard is commonly overlooked. It's much more friendly and neighborly to have a front porch as opposed to a deck in the back. I can't wait for ours to get started/finished.
really liked the looks of the placement of the furniture at the dorr. Looks very inviting
June 11 2011 at 11:30 PM Permalink rate up rate downI think I'll try that on my porch this summer. Usually I just put out a plant and call it good.
Even if I never get to sit there for more than a minute to sort the mail, .to the passers-by .it looks like
people come around and relax together from the vantage point of the porch to look at the garden with it's butterflies and colors.
It is a friendly way to decorate. I never thought of it before but it is nice to decorate with chairs that
represent friendship and community. Way to go..thanks
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the guy is good very nice decorating options.....but cant help look at this cuty pie ....he is very handsome but i think would look even better with shorter hair
September 05 2011 at 10:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI don't think the chairs and tables are put there necessarly to be used , even though they certainly could be, I'm thinking it's more for eye apeal or curb apeal. Wish my porch was large enough to decorate. But I do have a pretty rusty red door with brass knocker and house numbers on it.
August 02 2011 at 9:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPorch furniture?! Business, churches, and homes within
The Great Lakes Metro-Complex know better. Google Earth
Detroit and you'll see a trend is to use concrete or glass block.
People are blocking basement and first floor illegal entry areas.
Some people remove all exterior decking. Exterior furniture of
these areas is through-bolted iron or steel security bars, metal
sills, steel doors and very narrow exterior vision slits. Please
consider raised garden beds 4x4 feet wide around your home
to sleep below random bullets. New single floor construction
should employ reinforced concrete atop poured slab. Use two
natural lighting options. Choose narrow slit size of glass block
stacked atop each other and/or roofing skylights. Floor Two
needs shatter resistant glass or Lexan. You'll want standard
window size for fire department or emergency emergency.
I'm sorry, this is way too much work. It's more work putting the tape around, moving it than it is to just take a couple of kitchen chairs, set them out, if you like them, get outdoor chairs and you are all set.
I used to put chairs on each side of my front door but someone stole a cushion off one of my chairs. Because of their style it will be $200.00 each to replace them! Instead, I gave the other cushion away, bought inexpensive ones and put them on the back deck. The front? well, it's a front step with a matt.
Can't even live in a nice neighborhood!
is this guy for real... painters tape .... yikes too much work ... put some plants up chairs down and go in a cook supper plus in my neighborhood they would be missing the next day hahahahha!!!! he is cute tho!!! if not missing some street people would be hanging out drinking and sitting arround waiting for me to fix them supper NO WAY!!!
June 12 2011 at 7:43 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replythis is great advice for any small nook in the house. i would rather see a project like this than antiquing perfectly new mirrors with acid.
June 12 2011 at 6:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWho sits on the front porch though?
June 12 2011 at 3:41 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThis actually is helpful, and I love the furniture and light fixture!
June 12 2011 at 2:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'm sorry, but the tape is a huge waste of time, and your chairs and arrangements look just awful. Emperor's New Clothes!!
June 12 2011 at 1:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, I don't get the tape thing. The furniture is small and easy to move around. I like what someone said about using cardboard instead of tape, that makes sense if you have large furniture that's not easy to move around.
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