Line your front porch steps with planters to create symmetry and draw focus to the front door. This home's blue door and flowering potted greenery brighten an otherwise neutral color palette.

This planter is a great size for porch displays at 15.7" inches tall and 14.8" wide. It can be used to hold small plants or flowers, and with a hollow bottom, it ensures ease with watering. Made ...

A simple evergreen gets an upgrade with bright red bows in your front-porch planter. This design finished the elegant aesthetic with a vintage lantern and understated wreath. 22. Poinsettia ...

So, before you head to a big-box store, take a cue from designers and search for a thrifted birdbath that adds both beauty and history to your porch. Planter Pots R A Kearton / Getty Images ...

SOMETIMES you have to think outside the box - or rather the season - when getting a head start on spring gardening. One popular summer item will help give your front porch a decorative upgrade.

The community of Seaside, Fla., is credited with reviving the front porch during the early 1980s. All houses there were required to have porches. The community, designed by Duany, Plater-Zyberk ...

SOMETIMES you have to think outside the box - or rather the season - when getting a head start on spring gardening. One popular summer item will help give your front porch a decorative upgrade.

"People would sit on the front porch instead of in the backyard because they could see people coming and going, say hello to their neighbors and have short conversations," says Plater-Zyberk. "The ...

In order to decrease the use of air conditioning, each home in Seaside had to have a front porch. But Plater-Zyberk explains that planners quickly realized that the porch had other benefits as well.

The community of Seaside, Fla., is credited with reviving the front porch during the early 1980s. All houses there were required to have porches. The community, designed by Duany, Plater-Zyberk ...