What to do with front porch of Spanish Colonial Revival bungalow?
Tanna M
4 years ago
We are doing a major remodel. Original front porch looked exactly the same. Contractor “remodeled” it with all new wood/posts/beams but it looks the exact same. I think this style is more of a craftsman front porch. When I think Spanish Colonial I think columns or the curved arches (arcades). What can we do relatively inexpensive to give it the look I’m going for? Can the posts be wrapped and then stucco’d. Are those fiberglass clip on columns any good? How do we obtain the arched parts?
Any other ideas?
The entire house and walls will be smooth white stucco. The top of the porch still needs the red roof tiles put back on. The porch will have a wrought iron railing. We might do a patterned tile on the porch floor. We are trying to keep this a very modern looking remodel.
We are not working with third contractor anymore after he has finished his original contract.
Thanks!
Any other ideas?
The entire house and walls will be smooth white stucco. The top of the porch still needs the red roof tiles put back on. The porch will have a wrought iron railing. We might do a patterned tile on the porch floor. We are trying to keep this a very modern looking remodel.
We are not working with third contractor anymore after he has finished his original contract.
Thanks!
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PROBeth H. :
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agowhy don't you wait until you get the railing in, house painted, roof and landscaping. when it's all together, it will look great. I would not wrap them in stucco.
what you might consider is thicker beams on the outer ends to carry weight of the header beam supporting the roof. (replace that beam if need be). this way those two posts in the middle will be gone. I like that idea.
then you could do some beautiful tile on the porch and actually see it
if you don't tile the porch, then tile around the door. they can set the tile in the stucco so that it's flush
Tanna M
4 years agoIts a good idea getting rid of the two beams. Let me show you where our front door is as I can tell its hard to see from the photos!
My original vision was something like this below but the contractor didnt really listen to our ideas he just replaced everything (termites/dryrot) and kept it the way it was (a whole other story) assuming thats what we wanted, so I'm not really liking it since a different vision was the whole reason we had it torn down. We did remove the step in front of the door and brought the whole porch up with more cement, then made it that much taller on the roof side to compensate.
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4 years agoTanna M
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4 years agoYes Tanna, i would suggest playing off the Spanish Colonial architecture but modernizing.. Here are some ideas we could find, but i’m sure you can find a lot more modern mix with stone vener. You can try to match your roof and floor colors to contrast or stick with the whites to complement the stucko.
PROBeverlyFLADeziner
4 years agoGeez don't add arches to your charming bungalow
Starting some climbing bougainvillea would be a nice enhancement for your home.
Tanna M
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