Porch Remodel Ideas to Up Your Home’s Curb Appeal
April 4, 2022
Thinking about a porch remodel? Your porch is one of the most important aspects of your home exterior. Why? Because it serves as the face of your property and is the first thing people see — so it’s your best opportunity to showcase your home’s value and your personal style. But where to begin?
To help you think through your porch project, we’ve gathered planning tips as well as porch remodel ideas to spark your creativity.
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Planning for Your Porch Remodel
A porch remodel project takes careful planning to ensure it is a success — and all your expectations are met. To plan for your porch project, you’ll need to think through the following:
Determining Your Budget
Your budget will help you determine the extent of your project: whether you’ll go for a full-scale structural overhaul or opt for surface-level changes such as resurfacing with new porch boards.
Your Home’s Exterior Style
Your remodel should complement your home’s existing exterior style for a cohesive aesthetic.
Your Porch’s Functionality
How you plan to use your porch will affect its design by determining how large or small of a space you’ll need. Ask yourself: will your porch be a gathering place or more of a transition point where you welcome guests into your home?
The Materials You Use
The porch materials you choose for your remodel will affect your upfront costs, the long-term value of your home, and how much maintenance you can expect to do.
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Is a Porch Remodel Worth It?
As you consider your budget, porch design, and materials, you might be wondering: “Is a porch remodel worth it?” In short, yes. A porch remodel can increase your home’s resale value by providing an attractive façade and additional functional space to your home. Plus, when you choose high-value materials like TimberTech® Porch boards and AZEK® Trim® and Moulding®, you create a porch that’s as durable and low maintenance as it is beautiful.
Porch Remodel Ideas to Inspire Your Project
Now that you know the basics of planning your porch remodel, you’re ready to dive into ideas to inspire your design. Be sure to keep the above factors in mind so you can apply the ideas that work best for your needs, wants, and abilities.
An Inviting, Scandinavian-Style Entryway
Transform your porch into an irresistibly inviting entryway with a Scandinavian-inspired porch remodel. The Scandinavian style is known for its warm neutrals, mixed materials, and simple functionality. This style is highly inviting, as well as versatile — using elements of Scandinavian design will work with nearly any home exterior.
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USE MIXED MATERIALS
Incorporate a variety of natural-looking materials into your porch remodel such as stone columns paired with milled-wood inspired . Add in more visual texture with a mixed material Drink Rail featuring a warm tan deck board top rail, black metal balusters, and matte white composite posts.
CHOOSE A NEUTRAL COLOR SCHEME
Embrace the neutrality of Scandinavian design with a black and white home exterior color scheme paired with sunny tan decking like Weathered Teak® porch boards. For a pop of color that draws the eye inward, paint your front door a vibrant color like turquoise.
DECORATE WITH INTERIOR-STYLE DÉCOR
Make your porch a destination and encourage guests to linger with interior-styled décor and furnishings. Carry your home exterior’s neutral color scheme through to your outdoor décor with black, white, and gray tones paired with warm natural fiber accents like wicker.
Traditional-Style Wraparound Porch for Gathering
Lean more toward a traditional style? Traditional porches are typically large spaces on the front of a home used for entertaining and as additional living space. Whether your porch remodel will be cozy or sprawling, you can still channel this good-to-gather vibe into your design with traditional elements.
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EMBRACE A WARM FOUNDATION
Rich, natural wood tones give your space a warm look and feel for an inviting atmosphere. Choose richly hued porch boards like Mahogany for a cozy foundation. For a multi-textured space, pair the saturated wood tones with other natural hues and fibers like wicker, rattan, and jute.
INCORPORATE ORNATE DETAILING
Draw guests in with a crisp white composite railing and pair it with PVC post and column wraps for a stately entryway. Add subtle detailing with a recessed design in your posts and columns for greater depth and dimension. The composite railing and PVC posts and columns deliver the look of milled wood with superior durability for easy maintenance.
CHOOSE TRADITIONAL FURNITURE
Choose outdoor furniture with familiar, classic shapes such as wingback design to give your guests an irresistible place to gather. Opt for light, honey-colored wood tones for your furniture frames and bright cushions to bring an inviting lightness to your space.
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Coastal Living Room-Inspired Screened-In Porch
Remodeling your screened in porch? Screened-in porches are more common in the south — where mild weather draws you outside all year long — but they can suit any style of home.
Channel those southern sunny vibes and try to beat the heat of summer with a cool coastal-style porch remodel. The coastal style is a breezy, effortless aesthetic that relies on natural textures and a cool blue and white color scheme to transport you straight to the beach. These porch remodel ideas capture that light, airy coastal feel you can incorporate into your design.
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KEEP THINGS LIGHT & BRIGHT
Evoke the look of white sand beneath your feet with light-colored porch boards like Oyster® from the TimberTech AZEK® Porch Collection. The bright boards keep your space feeling open and airy for an irresistibly inviting atmosphere.
CHOOSE NATURAL TEXTURES
Opt for warm natural textures like wicker and wood tones to balance out your cool gray boards. Add in leafy greenery with a tropical feel, like ferns or a potted palm tree, for a touch of color and more natural texture.
Two-Story Craftsman-Style Back Porch Hang Out
Live in a craftsman-style home? Then you’re likely drawn to porch remodel ideas that embrace artisanal, hand-crafted designs rich in character, rather than mass-produced, generic looks. This two-story back porch remodel transforms this backyard into an entertainment destination — with quite the view. But even if your porch remodel ideas span only one story, you can still incorporate elements of this craftsman porch remodel into your own design.
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ADD ARTISANAL DETAILS
Give your porch a hand-crafted feel with artisanal touches like AZEK® shingle siding, designed to look just like cedar siding without the maintenance needs. Add intricately designed iron lamps to flank your doorway for more visual interest during the day and an inviting glow after dark.
CREATE A UNIQUE FOCAL POINT
Craftsman-style homes are known for their exposed gables, so why not give your porch roof a one-of-a-kind design? Use AZEK Trim® and Moulding®, which can be shaped into nearly any design, to create a unique crossbeam pattern you won’t find anywhere else.
INCORPORATE STYLE & FUNCTIONALITY
Give the area under your second-story porch the same care and attention to detail as the upper level with a beadboard ceiling for a crisp, clean aesthetic. Add in an attractive ceiling fan for visual interest and to help keep the area cooler on hotter days.
Start Your Porch Remodel Project With TimberTech
With inspirational porch remodel ideas to spark your creativity, you’re ready to dive into exploring your porch options. Start by ordering free samples of TimberTech Porch boards in your favorite colors.
And if any decking board colors catch your eye, don’t hesitate to order decking samples, too — because who says deck boards can only be used on a deck?
Whichever porch or deck board samples you decide on, be sure to place them outdoors to get a true sense of how the colors look with your home exterior.
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