Front porch design
We are working on a complete renovation of our house and have hit a 'brick wall' (no pun intended!) on what we should do to improve on the porch we have already. I've posted photo of the current porch. Aside from needing a good lick of paint, we don't like the mismatching white side light with the varnished door and the fact we get zero cover when we are opening the door on a rainy day (which happens fairly frequently in this part of the world). I wanted to see if any one had some ideas as to how we could improve without knocking the thing down and starting from scratch. Firstly, I think perhaps the door should be centred although this would require some stitching of the brickwork? I think the existing door on its own would look odd. Alternatively, we could either go for an extra wide door with a vision panel or add sidelights either side of the existing door. The door itself is relatively new from a previous owner (6 years) and in decent condition - could we strip the varnish and re-paint? What about the rain cover? The roof coverings are coming off so there is an opportunity to extend the roof canopy - possibly with or without some posts?? Thoughts/ideas most welcome!
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Jonathan
8 years ago
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Comments (12)The yellow plan is better. Also because of the existing facade of home, it would be good to keep the original front room windows, and then reinstall them on the facade of your new bathroom.(Old porch) With this home, which looks like it is an Australian California bungalow, it would be a shame to take the windows out....See Moreminnie101
8 years agoHi. I agree with your idea to centre the front door and paint it (or swap for a glased/partly glazed oor). I think either side lights or windows at either side would look good. I have managed to find a pic of a porch (finally!) where the door isn't in line with the house It may be worth getting it drawn up to see if the pitch of the roof would need to change. For your house I'd personally build up the brick supporting the pillars a little more to keep it in keeping
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7 years agoSince you are going to put an oak addition to the other side of the house how about changing the internal door to a bigger front door and replacing your current porch with something that matches your oak addition.
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