Depends the furniture you want out there! And room to place it!

6 ft. Swing beds, rockers. Really interested more in the look and proportions to the house

8' is the minimum I like to go with. A little more is better of course but if you're "Really interested more in the look and proportions to the house" we'll need to see the floor plan and elevation.

We can not comment about the look or proportions if you do not post a plan or pictures.

The deeper it is, the more light you lose inside.

Nobody can tell you the answer without your plans.......it has a roof, right?

It's an addition or a totally new build?

If you are going to walk around your wrap around porch, you need room for furniture plus 3’. Adirondack chairs need a lot of space because the legs sprawl, couches/love seats may look crammed in if the porch is too narrow. If your porch furniture is more petite, you can get away with a more narrow space. If you want conversation areas, it needs to be wider so the seating can angle otherwise you are sitting shoulder to shoulder like at the movies.

You will probably use that back porch for entertaining more than the wrap around portions. You’ll have enough room in 8 feet for walking and a couple of chairs where you want them.

Several thoughts:

- The person above who says the porch must be proportional to the house is 100% right. Without knowing whether you're building a cute little cottage or a Southern mansion, we're all stabbing in the dark.

- Are we talking about a true wrap-around porch that'll literally circle the whole house? If so, do consider that you're making your first-floor rooms dark, as the porches will block natural light. Back before air conditioning, this was a desirable thing in the South.

- Consider that the porches on the four sides don't need to be equal. Consider how you'll use each side ... perhaps you'll want just a couple rocking chairs and a table near the front door "to look inviting", but you'll want a wider back porch to provide cover for a dining table. And you might want the sides "just for show". Think through how you'll use the spaces, and you'll come to the right conclusions.

- Go down to Lowes and walk through their patio furniture ... since it's March now, they'll certainly have nice stuff sitting out. Take your tape measure and see how much space you'd need for this or that set ... over the years you'll certainly own multiple sets, but this'll give you an idea of how much space you need for a two-person seating area vs. a dining table. Allow for walking space around your furniture groupings.

- The best thing about a wrap-around porch is that a toddler can ride her tricycle allll the way around the house.

What did the designer of the house say?

What do you plan to do on this porch?

8 ft makes sense because porch deck boards come that length and there's no cutting or waste. You can easily get an outdoor sofa or table and chairs to work in that space.

"Really interested more in the look and proportions to the house"

The porch is fine, but shrink the house by five feet.

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