For what it's worth here's a pic of my house/porch, which is 10' deep, the protruding railing is a little diff .......

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Lovely house! Thank you for posting the link. 10' is a nice depth - plenty of room for seating.

Trying to put up a picture of ours, Hope it will work. I really liked that one of srercrcr, very nice.
This porch will have railings later, etc. Still working on things. Its 8 ft deep, on an 18 inch concrete stemwall/slab, for budget reasons.

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here's a porch we added

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still trying to figure out this posting picture thing. After this pic was taken we added red house #'s and mailbox to match dormer and some black eavestrough.

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Mine isnt finished yet. Our front will be two partial stone columns, the rest will be white.

The other columns will be wrapped white with white rail.

I havent decided what color for the front door yet.

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Thanks everybody! wags - what a great transformation! I love how your house looks now. gopintos - wow, I envy your space!

thanks, I designed it but didn't build it - made a few mistakes that I'd change if I was to do it again.

When my wife and I decided to add a covered front porch to our existing house, I found this web site that is geared to DIY-ers, and has some nice pictures of their products on actual porches that gave us some good ideas. In addition, I purchased their book on porch design that gave me some good ideas. We used a contractor to build ours.

Good luck with your porch project.

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srercrcr, Gosh you have some wonder oak? trees and mature landscaping. I really like your deck with the cutout for the tree. It looks like you tried not to take down any trees. We did the same on our build. We built around some large existing trees. Some people thought we were nuts but now that the house is getting closer to being finished our friends have changed their minds. I am so anxious to begin the landscaping. Cheers! Andrea

Andrea, yes the trees are great. Here in the hot Texas sun they provide shade for the deck (sans a roof) and the yard isn't over-hot. The downside is I have to blow the deck off during leaf-fall.

When you put on a front porch rail or deck rail, don't forget to leave clearance for leaf blowing if you have leaves near by.

I love my front porch! It is the ideal place for my family and I to relax and unwind. I am a huge fan of porch swings! In my opinion, a porch is just not complete without one! I actually just purchased a new one from backyardcity.com. They had low prices and free shipping on lots of swings so you might want to check them out. I also think that plants are a beautiful addition. Seasonal flower can really add a beautiful touch.

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