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Front Porch Refresh: Summer 2021 Style

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Thank you to Wayfair for sponsoring this post so I can share our summer Front Porch Refresh. All opinions are 100% our own.

A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!

Anyone else feel like this summer is a bit of a gift? Nothing like a year of shutting down life to boost appreciation for the chance to celebrate the outdoors, family, friends and playtime. Such a sweet, precious thing! Like so many, my husband and I have been taking hard stock of our hearth and home to check what changes and adds we can make to our homefront to create a more welcoming and inviting atmosphere. If there was ever a year for modification, 2021 is it!

We’ve dug into quite a few projects around our outdoors and indoors, but one of my most favorite re-dos has been our front porch refresh. You see, my dream as long as I could remember was to have a fabulous front porch–complete with rockers! Too much to my delight, the house we ended up purchasing eleven years ago had a front porch–and the owners left the rocking chairs! What a sweet score!

BEFORE pics:

comfy patio set for your front porch
comfy patio set for your front porch

My mission in this home has been to make this beloved front space as cheerful and friendly as possible. I had the lovely wooden rocking chairs and kept up with regular sweeping and a freshly seasonal front door mat as best as I could, but we continued to lack one major element…color!! Our siding is white, our porch railing is white, and, you guessed it, our porch rockers are white! So it was time to add a splash (or double/triple splash!) of color.

comfy patio set for your front porch

One other element I was crushing on for our front porch was comfy seating. I love the rockers, but our porch space is actually quite large. There was room enough for a conversational or patio set, and this very much appealed to me, as we spend so much time outdoors. I LOVE our back deck, but the option to have another outdoor space to chill or work (especially in this work-from-home culture) was very appealing.

A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
We scoured the reviews, and they were right–this set is truly COMFORTABLE! Win!

Our front porch refresh

After MUCH measuring and consideration of both desires–comfy seating and COLOR–we settled on a patio set to tuck into one side of the patio and some chic throw pillows to spruce up the rockers (all four now shifted together on the far side). The result? I LOVE IT!!!

A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
I love these pillows because they are affordable and incorporate the colors of our shutters, the new patio set and the white rockers!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
These pillows are gorgeous and gracefully tie into our color scheme!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
I can’t even with how cute this pillow is–available in loads of colors! Says exactly what I mean to convey!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
This giraffe pillow makes me giggle!

With these simple adds, our porch feels fresh, new and inviting! I find myself drawn to work in the new comfy space, and the cozy patio set has hosted more than one happy hour with friends. Our space has become more useable, which has always been our goal from the beginning. We want our house to welcome people!

weet pillows

AFTER pics:

comfy patio set for your front porch
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!

I am always wowed by the power of a few simple changes and am so glad we made these changes! If you’re considering a change on your own porch, be encouraged that it need not be a big switch to make a happy difference! Here’s to summering outdoors this season, friends!

A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
A front porch refresh doesn't have to be complicated or expensive--check out the few simple switches we made!
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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.
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