POPULAR
PORCH
Samantha’s porch has received countless
compliments from neighbors and guests.
Here are three tips for making yours the
most popular in the neighborhood.- DOOR COLOR. While Samantha is
a self-described lover of the classic
red front door, she wanted to be more
adventurous and go with a color that
would be more distinctive. She settled
on turquoise, which complements the
yellow of the rest of her home’s exterior. - RESILIENT PLANTS. When life gets
busy, the last thing you want to be
thinking about is keeping your front
porch plants alive. Samantha advises
adding easy-to-care-for greenery, such
as ferns, which do well in the shade and
don’t require too much work. - SEASONAL DÉCOR. Southern
California life means Samantha and
her family enjoy warm weather nearly
year-round. Nevertheless, she loves to
change up her front porch to match
the seasons. She recommends varying
key decorative pieces but maintaining
a consistent color palette. For example,
she uses turquoise as a staple color
because of her front door, and the color
works surprisingly well with red for
Christmas, orange for Halloween and
pastels for spring.
Samantha commissioned a custom “Porch” sign from
her friend Margaret, who owns NELsRusticDesigns
Etsy shop. Personalized details like these have a big
impact on the design of outdoor spaces as visible as
your front porch.“One of my favorite parts
of my home is my front
porch. I love changing it up each season.”
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