Borrowed & righted. The view was upsidedown on my desktop. :)

Am I missing something, I only see one door??

Way over on the left, behind the crooked bell, is the service door. It's more visible IRL, but is the same color as the siding.

Thanks for the flip, Gyr Falcon :)

Are those porchlights I see that are already there? The lantern on the left side of the door isn't centered between the door and window.

I don't remember if I posted this or not in your last topic, but unless there is a lightbulb besides yellow that will deflect bugs, I wouldn't put a light above the door.

Your best bet is to put a lantern centered between the door & window, and put another one near the service door

If you want the whole porch lit you can put a fixture on the ceiling centered between two lanterns.

That's what we have and it lights up the whole area. And it looks pretty. :)

Thanks, oakleyok. Actually, I'd like to take down the wall mounted lights, and just have overheads. The bugs aren't much of a problem, if the lights are on during bug season it's too late for guests!

So just 3, one above each door and one between the two posts, which would be above the breakfast nook window? It would be above the left hand of the double-ganged window.

Ok, I see the other door now. Are you planning on flush mount lights on the ceiling or hanging lanterns?

I kinda like the wall mount by the service door, maybe you could just change it out to coordinate with the new fixtures.

What if you did recessed lights in the area between the two doors, then an overhead light at each door, with each overhead on its own switch and the recessed lights on one switch.

I think the scones are more attractive than the overheads. They're certainly easier to change bulbs when they go out.

You painter won't be able to "patch" if you take the wall lights down. Once they're down, you'll likely have electrical boxes that will still remain. But you can install blank plates where the scones used to be. Not really very attractive.

Someone's been 'topping' your hedge. That's why there's only foliage at the top. You might considering pruning the hedge by 2/3s. If the hedge isn't really old, it should come back. It would be a nicer view to your porch.

Tibbrix, that is a nice light fixture, and I think it would go well.

Sweet tea, can't do a hanging light, was hoping for flush mount or recessed. The two wall mounts are the same, but the one on the right had a wind chime hanging from it when I took the picture.

Beverly, and sweet tea, after looking at my fixtures I see they couldn't just be removed, so would it look odd to have (smaller) wall mounts AND ceiling lights, if they coordinate?

Beverly, those bushes might be as old as the house! When we trimmed back a yew in our old house, we ended up taking out 14 of 'em. Trimming these, would they really grow back? We're afraid we'd end up replacing (we probably should, anyway, but not quite ready for the $$)

Oh, and trust me, changing these lightbulb is a major chore. Fortunately they are long life and I haven't had to do it in 9 years.

Yes, get the LED bulbs and they last for 22 years.