Front & Back Ranch Home Porch Additions

Recognized as a National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI), Contractor of the Year (CotY) award-winner.

Our clients, Todd and Laura, wanted better curb appeal and sought to achieve it by transforming the front of their home with a new front porch. We accomplished this by changing the exterior design of the home from a faux-cape-cod style home to a relaxed, country ranch with a welcoming front porch.  The front porch is particularly important because it balances the house and enhances the view as you approach the front entrance. Before the porch's construction, the garage stuck out well beyond the main building’s facade creating an unbalanced look.

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Curb Appeal Accomplished

The front of this home was set back a considerable distance from the front of the garage. The lack of a front porch caused the front door to feel inaccessibly recessed, and there was no occupiable space at the front of the home. After providing many different design iterations of the front porch, and weighing the pros and cons, the clients decided upon a shed roof with a new railing system and stone/wood columns. The addition of the front porch moved the front of the home forward, minimizing the look of the garage extrusion.

A Place To Sit With The Neighbors

To create additional depth in textures and colors, we replaced the existing garage door and front door with new wood-look doors. We carried the wood look over with the stained wood columns and dark rails (top and bottom) of the railing. To create continuity, the same stone used on the base of the columns continues onto the garage as well as on exterior kneewall of the rear 3-Season room. The masonry used in the construction of this porch is Thinstone with a Bedford Cap by Halquist Stone. The colors are 25% Maple Bluff Red and 75% Gray.

Three Season Back Porch Addition with Rooftop Deck

The rear of our client’s home had a concrete back patio with a wood retaining wall. Living in Wisconsin, they sought to extend the outdoor living season from mid-spring to late fall with the addition of the three-season porch and a fire pit for chilly evenings. They also needed a place to store their outdoor furniture when the snowfalls. The main level of the home was lacking a connection to the backyard. By creating the rooftop deck with a stairway, our clients now have the flexibility to access the outdoors from throughout the home. They can now enter the backyard via the upper deck and stairway, or they can go through the lower level and 3-season room. The 3-Season room on the ground level is connected to the walk-out basement. The rooftop deck above the 3-season room has composite decking with a new patio door. See additional pictures of the outdoor living areas.

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