New home and first time porch owner too
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Daisye
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congrads on your new home. For the color choice of furniture I personally would choose a nice print bringing out the color of your shutters. The mailbox in my opinion is really not a necessity on changing that is of course if you do not like it. As for the flowers there really is no need to feel you have to match your house. Choose what you like and go with that. Just like mostly everything that is a personal taste.
Janet Pizaro
on Nov 09, 2015
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What a beautiful first home! I agree with Janet that the furniture should be a compliment to your shutters and plant flowers that you love. It looks like you live on the corner. If the street is busy, you may want to find a mailbox that opens on both ends so you don't have to step into the street. They come in several styles and colors.
Tracy Hudson
on Nov 09, 2015
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Pretty cottage looking house! I think you cannot go wrong with white wicker chairs with complementary color cushions that pick up your red shutters...could be a print or stripes with a small design...I have wicker on my porch which is in the back of our house and I just love the wicker look! Maybe two individual chairs on one side of the front door and a settee on the other side. On either side of the door, maybe a sturdy lightweight planter for seasonal greenery...since it is covered you could easily get away with good quality tall fake plants for much less work! No dirt, no watering etc. Or use live plants in season if you choose. If you cannot find seat cushions already to your liking to match, you can always go to a fabric store to purchase inexpensive pieces to wrap around stock cushions and fasten with large safety pins underneath so you will never see the pins!
Jan Loehr
on Nov 09, 2015
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Congratulations on your beautiful new home. I would go with either red Adirondack or natural wicker chairs. Print or stripe cushions incorporating red would be very pretty. I would also add flower pots to add seasonal decor; flowers in summer, mums in fall and greens in winter.
Elizabeth Roy
on Nov 10, 2015
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Congratulations! I suggest that you find a really great fabric, cushion, table cloth, runner with a pattern and colors that you love and pull "your" colors from there. You might choose one of the colors for furniture and another two or three for coordinating the flowers, plants, and accessories. Seasonally, you can keep the base furniture color and then change out the coordinating colors with the seasons. Enjoy and have fun.
Glaynebaker
on Nov 10, 2015
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I would paint the front door a different color, maybe a teal/green to stand out. The flowers should complement the shutters, reds, oranges, and yellows. Black porch rockers would anchor the porch and balance with the roof color.
Elaine Shoyren Morris
on Nov 10, 2015
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I agree with other posts. White post on mailbox and red box to match shutters. Paint front door white or black to match roof. Furniture would be great either white wicker with red print cushions or two black rockers and a small table. Any white or red flower along with green plants would complete the look
Denise
on Nov 10, 2015
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Painting the door black will make it look like a gaping hole due to the overhang, and there is enough white.
B. Enne
on Nov 10, 2015
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Use colors that blend with what you have! White Wicker with red stripe pillows! Paint mail box and post white with red letters! Leave the front door alone, natural goes with anything! Good Luck!
Jud1016678
on Nov 10, 2015
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Here are some entry rugs... Your existing colour scheme is in them, so it obviously works! :) http://www.houzz.com/photos/642437/ColorSpree-Indoor-Outdoor-Rugs-modern-entry-boston outdoor fabrics: https://www.fabric.com/SearchResults2.aspx?Source=Header&SearchText=outdoor&CategoryID=1d5f47dc-9991-4088-93f3-26a376046a5e http://intl.target.com/sb/outdoor-cushions-patio-accessories-garden/bench/-/N-5xtoxZ568hh#?lnk=Grid_OtCsh_102715_X0Y0W4_0%7CX0Y0W4%7CT:Template_Grid1A%7CC:CMS&intc=2463052%7Cnull
B. Enne
on Nov 10, 2015
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I love the red shutters and the porch floor so I wouldn't change those. Since you have white trim and the door has windows on each side also painted white, I think I would paint the door a high gloss black. I usually like a red door, but you already have red shutters so the black would contrast nicely. The high gloss finish would also look good as a background for any wreath with red flowers like tulips in spring, fall wreaths with red berries or leaves, and of course a Christmas wreath with a big red bow. If you want to paint the mailbox, I'd paint the post white and the box red and maybe plant some red geraniums or impatiens around the base. You could also have plant boxes full of flowers, sweet potato vines, etc. that fit the railings, and maybe two pots on each side of the door. You could use white wicker furniture or black furniture and accent with pillows and accessories that bring all your colors together.
Carol Potts
on Nov 10, 2015
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I gotta tell you, those red/orange shutters are not doing it for me. If it were me, I would use a nice dark cocoa brown to 'age' them - not a complete repaint, just to darken/subdue them and look 'antique' - your lovely porch could easily carry that off. Look up some trompe d'oeil examples, how light and shadow would naturally fall, and fill in those angles. THEN, put the bright colour of your choice (it looks as tho it should be warm colour, as your siding is a warm colour on my monitor) on your furniture, front door (the colour now is too pale to stand up against all that siding; the front door should pop out of the surroundings to welcome the eye). Then flowers can either be a harmonious warm colour or an opposite cool contrast or both. Colour theory is not difficult to learn - reading up on the basics will help you choose with confidence.
Duv310660
on Nov 10, 2015
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beautiful home, love the colors, this time of year I would go with mums and you can get them in almost any color, when spring arrives, I would hang some big beautiful ferns on the porch and use wicker furniture, rockers would be lovely on your porch or even a swing.
Carol Harris
on Nov 10, 2015
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Oh you lucky new home owner! I'm sure many color schemes will work for you. Keep that color shutter for now & work with it a season or 2. You can always repaint. I envision that pretty color tangerine for flowers. With maybe small black accents, mailbox, house numbers,...etc. Or not so dark. Dove grey would also work. Wicker furniture. like Carol Harris' idea would work. Pls. post after pics, I'm sure it'll be LOVELY.
Mickey Baron
on Nov 10, 2015
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Hi Daisy -- The details you provided about the last owners' gold door hardware sounds lovely, and would be really pretty on a black door. I guess from the photo the current yellow door color is just not working for me...The tan on the house and the yellow are fighting and it would be a lot easier to change the door color..LOL. As for the house numbers, what about putting them on the beam under the peak of the porch roof (does that make sense?). Depending on your budget, there are many lovely styles of house numbers (again, I would continue the black accent here), or there are some really cool address number decals on Etsy, although I would ask the vendor if they can stand up to the weather. Re: the mail box, some areas require that you have the mail box at the curb...again, depending on budget, I'd go with a black mailbox, and paint the post white to match your house trim, and add a wood finial to the post to dress it up, and plant flowers around the bottom of the post. Let me know if you have questions. :-)
Vel1629730
on Nov 10, 2015
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Yes, I'd say it's Victorian era, but more of a farmhouse style. Are we talking about furniture for the porch? I think some painted rocking chairs , either white to match the trim, or black to match the accents would look great. I have black rocking chairs on my front porch, and I love the way they look. Get a little table to put between them, pillows for each rocker to tie in the main house color, and some ferns in hanging pots -- it should be very homey and pretty!
Vel1629730
on Nov 11, 2015
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Hello I just painted my porch. I painted the porch the color of your shutters and the spindles Autumn brown, in your porch I would do spindles the color of your siding ....grey I think it is and the porch the color of your shutters.
Soy2356119
on Nov 12, 2015
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Beautiful home! Your home's 'face' is very symmetrical. I would accent that in spring/summer with hanging fern baskets above the railings, and planter boxes on the railings planted with colorful annuals and trailing plants. Then in fall you can replace them with mums and for the holidays, a seasonal design with greenery, berries etc. I like the idea of classic black on the mailbox and urn planters. For furniture, high back rocking chairs, perhaps also painted black. Have fun!
Betsy Woolford
on Nov 13, 2015
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