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| knewslady |
Posted - Jun 07 2007 : 06:43:05 AM
Any of you who have really inviting, warm front porches would you mind posting some pictures or give some decorating tips for making a front porch scream Welcome. My front porch is just so.....nothing. Right now there is a swing and a pan with cat food on it. The older I get the more I realize how lacking my decorating skills are?
Thanks
Kathy
Will always be a farmgirl at heart
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http://kathy-whimsicaldays.blogspot.com |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Jul 29 2007 : 06:42:13 AM
I don't have a front porch! Waaaa! I have the wicker furniture to put on it -- including a rocker I bought back in the 60s when I was in high school -- but no porch. On my blog, I have a pic of our summer spot, tho. (But I still want a porch.)
www.youaretoocreative.blogspot.com |
| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 7:08:39 PM
I have a small front porch with a catus sitting on it, a claw foot bathtub that is suppose to eventually go in our bathroom and a bbq. Someday I will have the front porch I want. I have collected 5 5 ft by 4 ft 4 paned windows for it, we want to enclose it so that we can use it year round. That way we can enjoy the flower beds more and watch the snow as it falls. Will use it as sitting and eating area eventually, Right now, hmmmm needs a little help.
Love all your porches, great inspiration.
Carol Sue
Enjoying the moments. |
| Alee |
Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 7:01:04 PM
Very Beautiful everyone! I am so jealous of all of you who have great front porches!
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! |
| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - Jul 22 2007 : 6:09:15 PM
Hi, I thought I would share some pictures of my porch. You all have beautiful pics posted here...Aren't porches just wonderful...my favorite room of the house!
Keep Smiling.....Bev
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www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com , www.beehavenmaven.blogspot.com |
| Kat07 |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 8:08:41 PM
Hi my porch is old weathered wood and I have 2 milk cans that I display small potted plants in one is a fern that I want to grow down to cover the pot so all you see is the fern and the can the other one is empty right now then I have one of thos lil rockers that is made of tree brances and I will display plants on that as well but it is also empty my porch is small and uncovered and the california sun right now fried the plant I had in there so had to move in I have a pot of mini roses on one step and a hibiscus on the other I will try to take a pic and post if I can figure out how on this site I am into rustic decor so under my roses I use a rusted cookie sheet to keep a lil water in them through the heat of the day. |
| wovenheart |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 7:45:45 PM
Love all the pics! I love my front porch too!
"It's the beauty that thrills me with wonder...It's the stillness that fill me with peace." |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 6:59:35 PM
Linda: I used to have my front porch screened in with those big wooden screens that were the full size of the porch. I found them in the basement of my house when we first moved in. After a few years, I took them out of the basement, painted them and rescreened them myself. It was awesome and I would lay out there on hot nights and not get eaten alive. Then one night we had a huge thunderstorm and my dog got scared and ran right through one of them! Then she did not come in through the hole she made, but ran right through another one to come back in! I was so upset, but had to take them back down and never put them back since I knew it would happen every storm after that. |
| _Rebecca_ |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 4:27:21 PM
the bike is great!!
.·:*¨¨* :·.Rebecca.·:*¨¨* :·. http://boinglink.blogspot.com/ |
| a rose |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 2:59:35 PM
My dream is to have a screened in porch that I can sit out in the evening. The mosquitos are horrible here. I keep hoping and I keep praying. I even have a picture of one sitting under my Baby Jesus. Figured it couldn't hurt.
Remember me as a rose. |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 06:38:18 AM
That is lovely, Autumn! I love the sundeck! Looks great! |
| junkjunkie |
Posted - Jul 21 2007 : 06:20:46 AM
What a great thread! I love all the porches...maybe one day, I'll have one of my own.
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
| frannie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 8:00:17 PM
i loved your pics, autumn
i am so glad you found this site and started sharing with us.
love
fran
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/) |
| DeepsouthMamma |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 7:50:44 PM
I think I have small pics of 3 of the porches/patios. Different seasons call for different porches-especially in Louisiana! Ya can't go near the woods at evening if it's been damp-skeeterswill carry ya clear to Texas! Early summer finds me on the "fountain deck" for a little color on my skin. Early morning and rainy weather finds me on the back(west)Or front(east) -depending on the direction of the wind.
The Woodland retreat-
Two fountains and sun loving plants on the sun deck-
Both front & back of house have porches the full length-(just repainted, no trim on the windows yet)
I love this bike at the entrance of the front porch-
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
| ArmyWifey |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 4:42:46 PM
Nothing yet! ;) But soon! I want a swing, possibly a rocker, some old antique items and welcome signs. I usually try to change mine with the seasons.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
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| sewgirlie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 1:13:07 PM
That is some porch, Laura!! I would love one that big!
Fran: Your husband has the life, huh? So do you! You both get what you want and you are still in the same house. Gotta love it! |
| frannie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 07:27:12 AM
laura,
now thats what i call a porch! also enjoyed your blogspot.
love
fran
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/) |
| horse |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 07:06:26 AM
What nice porches. I don't know how to post a picture here on the forum but you can pull up www.2lmzfarms.blogspot.com and see a picture of my porch. It has a amish swing, one white rocker that was my grandfathers,(my hubby redone it for me for my birthday) another rocker, a glider, another swing, and it continues on around my house. I have a wrap around porch. I also have ferns hanging. I usually have more potted flowers but didn't get around to doing any this year.
Laura
www.2lmzfarms.blogspot.com
www.homesteadblogger.com/twolmzfarms |
| junkjunkie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 07:04:26 AM
Fran, that'a a nice set up for your hubby...he has the best of both worlds. He can be 'outside' but not have to go far for the comforts of inside! lol
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
| junkjunkie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 07:00:18 AM
I'm sorry about your first husband, Sheryl-lyn, but I love that story about having your Grandfather build a porch swing. It seemed to have given you the inspiration to find your home with a front porch. Very nice!
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
| frannie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 06:23:37 AM
what's on my front porch? my husband, country!
our little cabin has a big screened in porch and he has turned it into his sleeping porch. he has a double bed out there and has slept out there every night for several years now. i think the lowest temp has been 8 degrees, and of course in august it can get over 100.
i have a girly girl bedroom in the house. i cant explain it. i have slept out there and it is quite nice but i am afraid at this point in my life i want my ac and heater. i love my dh, but i LLLOOOOVEEE my ac and heater. .
we also have a outside shower, (we do have indoor plumbing).
so sometimes this fellar in my life doesnt have to come in the house for weeks if he doesnt want to!!!!!
love
fran
(http://farmfolks-frannie.blogspot.com/) |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 06:02:32 AM
Autumn: I would love to see pictures of your outdoor spaces! It is easy once you do it once. |
| DeepsouthMamma |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 05:03:17 AM
Fantastic porches!I'm a new member, so I don't know exactly how to post pics but I wanted to tell you all how much I'm enjoying yours!!I have count 'em 5 porches- if you count decks around the place.
One in the front & back, and 3 decks in different areas of the back for different times of day. No- not rich- just luziana drenched in heat & humidity-gotta have an outdoor spot!
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. |
| Lavendar fields dreamer |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 11:24:48 PM
lots of junk and of course all the projects i've come up with cause i have allllll the time in the world
lavendar girl |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 9:45:05 PM
Sheryl-lyn your front porch and yard is just charming! LOVE all your beautiful flowers! I am in the middle of re-doing my flower beds! Thanks for the inspiration!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
| sewgirlie |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 5:55:06 PM
Glad you like my porch. I had my granpa make me a porch swing as a Christmas present when I was first married as a girl of 20 (first marriage--my husband died at 33 from cancer). We were living in a crappy rat infested trailer and he said "Why do you need a porch swing? You'll never have a house with a porch." He made it anyway and I would not buy a house without a porch (which was hard in the 1980s). The house was built in 1931 and of course the porch sold me on it! I do love being out there for hours. I sew there and talk with friends there.
Thanks for visiting!
Bev, I am about 3 hours from PA border. I live on the eastern end of Long Island in farm country even though I do not have a farm. My property is not too big actually (less than an acre).
Jess: Notice I did NOT show you the INSIDE of the house! LOL |
