Warm up your Porch with a porch swing, porch furniture, plant stands and a decorative doorbell cover.  Free newsletter to online home and garden sources, do it yourself projects and money saving decorating ideas.

Often it’s the little things that make the difference and give you the WOW.   Imagine a flower pot you made yourself of mosaic planted with your favorite blooms by the front door, a wreath on the door, and your style doorbell cover, rather it be a frog doorbell, doorbell gecko or even hand painted tile or mosaic doorbell cover you created.  

While standing at your front door do you look back at the warmth of your front porch and smile?  Do you see your porch filled with porch furniture and a hanging porch swing?  Are there bright colored porch chair cushions, wonderful plant stands, and the rug you bought at the yard sale underneath your wood porch swing? 

Do you spot a little stepping stone path out of the corner of your eye?  Does it start with a special garden stepping stone made of mosaic. the Victorian stepping stone that is so your style or are you the resin stepping stone in a sun face?.....

What does your front porch and entry say about you to your guests, family and mostly to you?  Does is say what your decorating style is? Does it make you feel welcome?

Take your decorating style/taste test here!

Try a new door bell. They have some of the little things to help you start decorating your front porch.  I love their doorbell cover selection, stepping stones and porch swings.  

Porch Light and Landscape Lighting

Now that your front porch is so great by day- you may want to sit out here in the evening too.  Hmmmm...maybe porch lighting  should be considered.  

Candles are nice with a hurricane to keep the flame from blowing out - Paint a candle holder you picked up at that garage sale or swap meet.

Low voltage landscape lighting is another way to light up your entry and front porch.  You can buy them in sets with as few as 6 or 8 lights.  Use the landscape lighting spots to up light a tree or porch column.  Use the walk lights to define your walk way at corners, nestled by shrubs and right along the walk way to the porch step. 

The walkway to your front porch is not the local airport.  Don't confuse the pilots by lining up your walk lights as if your front walk is the landing strip runway!  Check out a good selection of landscape lighting at  Yardiac.com .

You'll love the selection of Porch Lanterns online at 

(Decorating Tip:  How to Hang a Wreath.  Instead of putting a nail in the door or using the hook that goes over the door,  hammer a nail with a large head into the center of the top of the door.  Don’t hammer your nail all the way into top of door. Leave about 1/8” to ¼” of the nail.  Be sure the nail doesn’t hit the door frame.  Tie nylon monofilament or string to match your door or wreath to the nail.  Then tie to your wreath or swag at the top making sure it is positioned just where you want it.  You can leave the nail in the door top and will be ready for your next wreath!