How Do You Make A Small Front Porch Look Bigger?

When it comes to small spaces, you could say I’m well accustomed to them. 

Having to work my way around decorating and making a small room feel and look bigger for years as a teen, I picked up a few neat tricks along the way. 

The other day, I came across a challenge to make a small front porch look bigger and I’m assuming you’re also here to learn how to do this yourself.

The best way to make a small front porch look bigger is to avoid clutter. To do this, choose to have the bare necessities when decorating which typically includes having just a welcome mat, a potted plant, a wreath, or a welcome sign on the door. Alternatively, you can use the wall space instead and this will prevent the floor area from looking crowded and in turn creating a bigger, open space.

When you keep things to a minimum amount of decorations and items, it’s easier to create a space that feels bigger and looks better. 

If you’d like to learn more about this and try out a few cool tricks to make your front porch feel more open, here are some of my best tips for you:

Ways To Make A Small Front Porch Look Bigger:

Keeps Things To The Minimum

Before moving on to how you’re supposed to decorate a small front porch to make it look bigger, it’s important to understand that the only way to do this is to keep it simple.

This means it’s best to only use the bare amount of items you can to decorate. 

The fewer objects you place on your front porch, the more noticeable the difference is and it can make the space look cohesive.

Here’s how you should go about this:

Pick at least 3 items you really want to display on your front porch.

This could be a welcome mat, a simple wreath on the door or a welcome sign, and a small or large potted plant.

These 3 decor items are all you need to make the area look good but also create the feeling of a bigger space.

Avoid Making The Area Look Cluttered

As mentioned before, when you have fewer items already displayed on your front porch, it leaves room to show off the space.

However, when there are already too many items than it needs, your front porch is bound to look cluttered and messy. 

Another key point to making the porch look bigger is to try to keep it maintained and cleaned regularly.

This means you should wipe down the windows, repair the walls, and maybe give it a new paint job.

By doing this, there will be a drastic difference in the way a small front porch will look.

Make Use of Smaller Outdoor Furniture

Another way you could try that will increase space in your front porch would be to scale back on the size of furniture you have. This means you would have to replace the outdoor chairs and table with a much smaller size to make space for other decor items or to just add more space in general.

Big objects like this typically eat away at space and you will find yourself frustrated with bulky chairs and tables in a small front porch.

Try replacing them with less or a smaller sized table and chair and this should help clear up the way and make the porch feel bigger.

You could also use the chairs as an opportunity to add to your decor by placing a few patterned cushions and pillows to accompany them and this will give a nice look to the porch.

Use The Available Wall Space

When there’s barely any floor space to work with, the next best option would be to use the wall space. 

There’s a lot you can do with this that wouldn’t require you to place anything on the floor. Using the wall space instead, it can definitely make the front porch look bigger.

There are a few great decorations you can use to enhance the area and this would be to mount a lantern on either side of the door or mount wooden signs or ornaments.

If you want to avoid cluttering the area and making it crowded with pot plants, you could try hanging smaller pot plants on the wall instead and this will do the trick.

Alternatively, you could simply hang one decoration like this mason jar light fixture and you wouldn’t need to add anything else on your front porch:

This is one of the quickest and easiest ways to decorate and make a small front porch look bigger almost immediately.

Decorate The Front Door Instead

The last option I would recommend if none of the previous ideas worked for you would be to just remove all other items from your front porch and hang a beautiful wreath or welcome sign on the door.

This way, there are no other items that will take up any space and you will definitely be able to create that open space feeling.

Contrary to belief, you don’t necessarily need to add many items to decorate your front porch to make it look great.

A simple yet beautiful wreath with the right decorations and style is all you need.

See also: What Can I Hang On My Front Door Besides A Wreath?

Conclusion

There aren’t that many things you can do if you want to make your front porch look bigger unless you renovate the entire area but this would be a costly affair unless you have the budget for it.

Try a few of these options above and if you’re still not satisfied, then you may have to consider extending it or make do.

But it’s easy to feel like your front porch is smaller than it is if you have too many items placed.

Pay special attention to the space and decide what needs to go and what you need to add to make it look bigger and better.

If you have any other suggestions that we may have missed, be sure to share them below for others!

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