Our Front Porch Design Plan & Before Photos

Putting together a full front porch design renovation plan was not an easy task. I have no formal training when it comes to interior or exterior design, so coming up with a design plan was an undertaking. Joel and I talked and talked and talked about ideas, only to both get frustrated that we didn't really feel like it was getting us anywhere. I finally decided that I was going to create a mood board of the EXACT design that I wanted (whatever that would be!) and I wouldn't come to Joel with any of my ideas until I was sure I had the plan. I went with my gut as I typically do, and spent hours designing until I was really to reveal my plans.

We both loved the front porch design plan that I came up with and we have officially started work!

Our biggest challenge when designing our plan was that I wanted to create a desert look, but we had to find a way to make it work living on the East Coast. We get a lot of heavy rainfall, so we can't have a flat porch roof as you would see on homes in the desert. We need a drain system, meaning a pointed roof. I also want all concrete and rocks, but we will have to see how it works with erosion and rain. We started on the concrete hiring a team to pour it for us and next up will be the porch roof build.

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