Wow, beautiful! I agree that it's best to choose what you'll actually use. For us it's a couple of rockers and a few wood frame armchairs. They all get regularly pulled into a circle for chatting; in fact they are in use at the moment! So for our use I would do two rockers on one side and either two chairs or a loveseat on the other, so larger groups can gather in if desired. You can't move a swing, and it requires do much clearance that it would be hard to group chairs around it on your porch. I could see a pretty rust orange or gold (not metallic) with your brick and posts.

I am thinking about extending my porch to edge of the house.

I ended up putting wreaths below the outside door lights. Like you I was very hesitant to put anything on the door. I do have window boxes under the lower windows. However with a covered porch nothing ever grew and they are messy. Water did not evaporate and the sun was never on them until very late in the afternoon. You might try hanging baskets over or slightly out over the railings. I put mine out from the railings so water wouldn’t drip on them. You have a beautiful home. Best of luck to you.

Looks like you have some possible rot in the roof, some how much work/change aree you looking for? The most obvious points are: 1) you probably need railing for code. In my neighborhood, the old Victorians tend to have similar railings. So, check out your neighborhood for an appropriate style, check out your local historical society for a possible pic. 2) If you moved the stairs to near the doors and made a path around, you'd be able to use the porch,because it doesn't look like you have room for chairs, if you need to walk to the end of the porch to the door. I'd leave plenty of space for a flower bed or some shrubs between the new path and the new door. (I recommend broadleaved evergreens, like Mt Laurel, rhodos and azaleas. You can probably get a mix of leaf sizes nd bloom times) Of course, if you move the stairs,it helps to have another entry close to the garage/driveway for when it is sleeting and you really don't want the extra distance to your porch covering. That said, our driveway and garage are not that close to any of our house doors. We just keep an umbrella in the car.