How to Decorate a Small Porch Stoop in 4 Easy Steps
If we have another cold snap, I’m wearing my flip flops and tank top in protest. Yes, I’ll look like a frozen blue-lipped idiot in the preschool pick-up line, but that’s the price I’ll have to pay for nature to get the point.
Because spring is on our front porch stoop and it’s here to STAY! (Well, until summer, I guess.)
But can I confess something first? We had our Christmas wreath still up all the way until the end of February. Oops. I’d forgotten all about it (we’re a back door entering crew on a typical basis).
With the brick lime washing job we wrapped up in December, this is really the first time I’ve actually decorated our porch stoop.
It’s a little space, but regardless of the size, I totally believe a small-ish stoop can still have tons of personality to greet guests when they visit.
If you have a front stoop on your house too, here are 4 easy tricks you can use to spruce it up: (Some affiliate links are provided below.)
1. Layer Rugs
I have no idea who came up with this idea I’ve seen floating all over Instagram lately (wishing I could take credit for it), but layering an outdoor accent rug under your welcome mat is so fun for adding big impact that you can change with the seasons. And it makes the front door stand out even more.
2. Hang a Wreath With a Command Hook
I really didn’t want to drive a screw into our vintage storm door, so an outdoor Command hook does the trick. This sunshine-y wreath jumped into my cart at Target the other day. Funny how they randomly do that when you’re not looking, huh? 😉
3. Use Interesting Planter Pots
Robert actually found these blue ceramic planters on sale at Lowe’s last summer and surprised me with them because he said they just looked like me. That man knows the way to my heart. A pair of pots to jazz up some shade-loving plants is all you need.
4. Use Symmetry
There’s something about clean lines with pairs of plants on either side of the front door that says, “Come in”. You can never go wrong.
Oh, and I guess if you live in the South, painting your porch ceiling “haint blue” is a big ol’ bonus. We painted our ceiling in Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue just like our back porch, and it’s definitely my favorite detail.
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Your porch decorations are beautiful! I especially like your glass door. May I ask where you purchased it. I am looking for one for my house.
Sorry, I wish I knew. So many people are asking about it, but it came with the house and doesn’t have any markings on it of any sort to figure out where it came from.
Gotta love a front porch. I left my Christmas stuff out till late February too, it’s wintery and where I live we still have snow. Great ideas. Just wish I could layer rugs, my screen door doesn’t open if I have thick rugs.
Wondering what the door color name and brand is? In the process of redoing mine but after the cleaning,sanding and priming I stopped at my SW Iron Ore paint. I got nervous and just couldn’t. Would love to know your color?
It’s Benjamin Moore Wrought Iron, but it’s very similar to SW Iron Ore. Go for it!
Your front porch looks so pretty!! I love reading all of your posts!!
Thank you, Jenna!
So, I’m from California – and I’m not familiar with the “haint blue” porch ceiling – but I am very curious on what that is …?
It’s a historical tradition in the South, particularly on the coast of the Carolinas and Georgia, to paint porch ceilings a light aqua blue. It’s called “haint” because some believed the color kept ghosts from entering the house. And it supposedly keeps birds and bugs from nesting in porches too because the ceiling is the same color as the sky.