House Plans with Fabulous Porches

Most of today’s house plans incorporate a front porch in their design. Porches are much larger, often spanning the full length of the front of the house to dramatically influence the function and curb appeal of your home’s exterior.

Depending on the architectural style, many architects and designers have increased the width of their porches to easily accommodate furniture and extra space for entertaining.

Equally popular are wraparound porches with screened-in portions to create a comfortable outdoor living space. It is important that your porch is consistent in detail and character with the rest of your home’s architectural style, since it is a major design element and the first introduction a person has to your home.

Our most recent issue of Home Ideas, features gorgeous house plans with a wide variety of porch designs featuring wide steps, large columns, gabled roofs, eco-friendly flooring, decorative balustrades and many more accents. Get inspired by our editor’s front porch design ideas, tips for choosing patio doors and designing a functional front porch that has lots of curb appeal.

You can also check out the latest green porch and patio products, which feature Eco-life® wood, Fypon® urethane columns, balustrades, railings and decorative millwork and Therma-tru® fiberglass patio doors.

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Christine Cooney

Editor in Chief at The House Designers

Christine has over a decade of experience as a house plan and floor plan expert. Outside of providing her expertise to customers to help them find and build their dream homes, her passion and knowledge of the home building industry allows Christine to guide families and builders through all of the important steps from finding plans to building custom homes that meet the expectations of today’s new home owner. Christine’s years of knowledge of the diverse trends and needs of the modern homeowner has made her into an authoritative and trusted voice in the online house plan community.

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Christine Cooney

Christine has over a decade of experience as a house plan and floor plan expert. Outside of providing her expertise to customers to help them find and build their dream homes, her passion and knowledge of the home building industry allows Christine to guide families and builders through all of the important steps from finding plans to building custom homes that meet the expectations of today’s new home owner. Christine’s years of knowledge of the diverse trends and needs of the modern homeowner has made her into an authoritative and trusted voice in the online house plan community..