The Digest #2: Summer Porch Ideas

Looking for ideas to decorate your porch this summer? No matter the size of your porch, you will find ideas that add charm and a seasonal touch to your porch.

If you have a front door, you have a porch. It may be a simple concrete slab or something bigger, but no matter the size, your front porch deserves a little summer love. Here are 50+ summer porch ideas…

• Place potted plants around the porch for a pop of color. I have had these self-watering planters for seven years.
• Use a colorful outdoor rug under your doormat.
• Invest in a new summer-inspired doormat. I looked at mine, which looked very tired, so I ordered this one. You get what you pay for when it comes to doormats.
• If your porch is big enough, incorporate a porch swing for relaxation.
• Or, add a stool, chair, bench, or rocking chair to your porch. See this set of two black rockers and this black bench.

• Put a pretty indoor/outdoor pillow on your porch chair, bench, rocking chair, or porch swing.
• Add a weatherproof rug to your porch to pull your decor together.
• Install a ceiling fan for comfort on hot days.
• Plant herbs in pots on your porch.
• Hang summer lanterns with 3M hooks from your porch ceiling.

• Hang indoor/outdoor curtains on your porch.
• Install porch railing planters.
• Hang a birdfeeder on a crook near your front door.
• Install a beadboard porch ceiling.
• Create a little sitting area on your porch with rockers and a table between them.

• Paint your concrete stoop in a color that compliments your house.
• Add a Bluetooth wireless rock speaker near your porch and enjoy your favorite music.
• Paint your front door a new color.
• Make a summer wreath and hang it on your front door, like this easy and pretty Dogwood Wreath.
• Clean your porch, front door, windows, and hardware.

• Install a new video doorbell.
• Add windchimes to your porch.
• Add a kickplate to your front door.
• Make a basket decoration for your front door, like this Hydrangea Basket DIY.
• Create DIY mason jar citronella lanterns, like Birdseed Lanterns, to light up your porch and keep the bugs away.

• Add a fun door knocker.
• Frame your front door with planters of ferns.
• Add hanging baskets to your porch.
• Hang string lights from your porch ceiling.
• Paint your porch ceiling a watery blue color.

• Change the hardware on the front door.
• Line your stairs with pots of flowers or ivy.
• Update your light fixture.
• Plant new shrubs, like hydrangeas, around your porch.
• Install a new door with windows. I love this one and this one.

• Include lanterns next to planters or line your steps with them. I like these solar ones.
• Flank your front door with faux topiaries in large pots.
• Invest in self-watering planters to keep flowers and plants happy all summer.
• Paint or stain your porch floor.
• Enhance your summer porch with new house numbers.

• Install a letter box on one side of your door.
• Add retractable roll-up screens to your front porch if it gets too much sun.
• Enhance your front porch by adding a poof for extra seating or to rest your feet.
• Add a small, portable water fountain for a soothing sound near your porch.
• Use bright, patterned cushions on chairs and benches.

• Wicker furniture will give your porch an on-trend breezy look.
• Line the walkway to your porch with solar-powered path lights.
• Add a trellis and grow climbing plants like ivy, roses, or jasmine.
• Include a portable outdoor heater for cooler evenings.
• Drape colorful throw blankets over porch seating.

• Hang colorful bunting or garland.
• Hang an American Flag on a pole from your front porch.
• Create a bistro-style seating area.
• Place a small garden sculpture or statue on or near your porch. Isn’t the Savannah Girl sculpture attractive?
• Add a hello decal to your front door. See the easy DIY HERE.

Choose a few of these ideas and work on adding them to your porch this summer!

Happy porch decorating, Friends!