Definitely too small

agree too small

Thanks everybody. My husband is laughing...he can keep laughing while I have him move them to the back porch! I think they will look be fine there because the ceiling is lower. I will keep looking for front porch. So should I be looking in the 18" - 20" range?

Abby, I'm on your side. I like the size of your lights. I don't know when or why people started putting oversized light by there front door. Maybe because they started building square vinyl siding boxes as homes and the homes needed something anything to add character or they wished they lived in a mansion with large vast entries so they put up oversized lights thinking it would make their average front doors look grand. I think oversized lights look rediculous. What ever, your front porch already has lovely character and doesn't need oversized lights. As long as the light cast is sufficient and the light fits the style of the house, which yours does, I don't see any reason to change them.

Nice porch.

Like the saw as a decoration. Tried to use one from my late husband's sawmill as an outdoor table top for a bit but even without the bits attached those edges ... nope.

The porch lights you have don 't look bad but if your husband objects to them, by all means, have him move them to the back. When you do choose others, make sure they're not so large you'll be bumping into them.

An alternative to moving the porch lights and replacing them with large ones, could be to add a metal plate or even a wood panel behind them to visually enlarge them -- something like this but perhaps painted black or your front door color.

http://chacommitted.site/outdoor-light-mounting-plate/

Suezbell, cool idea to put something behind the lights. Maybe smaller saw blades or rounds cuts from a tree stump.

The size is one thing, but the style and contrast is another. Im not sure your budget but there are some really amazing lights made by arroyo craftsman that would look stunning here. I will be the brave one and say, they really just dont work for me. One appears to be further away from the door than the other is that true? The ones above that Trish posted 2nd one, is probably from arroyo.. I did find one that is more budget friendly, https://www.lampsplus.com/products/bronze-mission-style-tree-12-and-one-quarter-inch-high-outdoor-wall-light__u9313.html

You see I dont think its the size over all that is the problem but rather the "umph"

Way too small. And the black finish and formal style of the fixture is all wrong for the cabin.

Before there was an electric carriage light on a home the lights were gas lights which dictated a certain size for the flame & access door. They were not small.

The only reason you see any small lights on a house now is because builders had to install some type of light fixture and they installed the cheapest which was also the smallest. Soon a trend of incorrect sizing became typical on homes.

Gas lights were big because they had to be. We have electricity now and don't need those large over sized lights anymore. The front door should be the star of the house, not some huge light fixture that is off most of the time. Sure it should look nice and match the style of the house, but not over power . It is only an accessory.

Cabins or log homes originally had no lights. Certainly not gas light. Gas lights were mostly used in the cities. Cabins and log homes were in rural areas. Only when electricity came to the rural areas did cabins and log homes have outdoor lights. More often than not there was only one small light outside the front door. There is still rural areas with only electricity and no gas lines.

Those are oil lamps and were not mounted on the outside of a home. They were not mounted anywhere or you couldn't fill them. . They were used inside for light. If needed at night outside for a task they were hung on a nail and were taken back in the house when they went in.

It's a LOOK!

Thank you so much for the ideas. The light fixtures are exactly the same distance from the door on each side...I think it was just the angle of the photo I took. I guess I thought the black wrought iron look fixtures looked rustic, not formal. I do like the Craftsman style, but yes they are usually very expensive. I do like the gooseneck barn lights...I will consider those as well as the other suggestions in my new search.