25 Stylish Lights to Take Your Porch to the Next Level
The key to instant curb appeal.
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Choosing an outdoor light fixture that perfectly complements the style of your home is no easy feat, but it is an important design choice that can take your property to the next level. If you are in the process of preparing for outdoor entertaining season, consider adding front porch lights to your list of decor upgrades.
Ahead are 25 porches featuring a variety of stylish lighting options, from rustic lanterns and sconces to sculptural pendants and elegant flush mounts. Regardless of where your design sensibilities lie, you are sure to find a favorite among this collection of outdoor porch lights.
Star Pendant
A star pendant adds a dose of charm to an outdoor escape in a 17th-century Dutch bluestone house in Ulster County, New York.
Dome Pendant
A dome-style pendant lends a modern touch to a rustic porch designed by Mazzinghi-Sanchez, a Buenos Aires-based architecture firm. The space, located in a weekend home in Argentina, features an awning that's crafted of eucalyptus logs along with Brazilian lapacho-wood flooring.
Industrial Pendant
An industrial pendant from the 1950s makes a statement on the porch of a Pacific Palisades home by designer Alison Palevsky.
Globe String Lights
Globe string lights complement this San Antonio porch's relaxed vibe. The double-height screened porch, which is owned by decorator Gwynn Griffith, also features a suspended sofa and wicker chair, along with pillows upholstered in African textiles. To complete the look, the designer opted for John Dickinson accent table and a stained concrete flooring for an industrial feel.
Cottage Flush Mount
For the porch of their 1928 Craftsman cottage in Columbia County, New York, designer Dale Saylor and stylist Joe Williamson selected an elegant white flush mount light fixture.
Simple Sconces
Simple sconces light the way into this Grey Gardens-inspired East Hampton home. The door is painted in Benjamin Moore's Narragansett Green.
Fabric Sconces
Chic fabric sconces light the way to the entrance of Jacques Grange’s summer bungalow in Comporta, Portugal.
Custom Lanterns
At a cottage in Beverly Hills, the front door's stained-glass panels are custom-made, as are the lanterns by Paul Ferrante.
Ship Sconces
A veranda overlooks the courtyard of this South Carolina property. Nautical-inspired sconces wrap around the entire outdoor area.
Hanging Lanterns
This neo-Regency pool house at a Sag Harbor home is modeled after a 1930s outbuilding at the former Hollywood home of film director George Cukor. Over-scale trelliswork adorns the walls, and the roof is made of lead-coated copper. The entryway is lit by two delicate hanging lanterns.
French Quarter Copper Lanterns
In Robert Duffy's Hudson River Valley home, the copper lanterns flanking the entrance are by Bevolo.
Table Lamp
On the screened porch of Boston architect Heather Wells’s retreat in North Sutton, New Hampshire, a table lamp adds an unexpected indoorsy element to the screened-in gathering space.
Frosted White Pendant
At the front door of Candia Fisher’s Connecticut retreat, a frosted white pendant hangs in the entryway.
Rustic Ceiling light
The porch of a family home in East Hampton, New York, designed by John Kureck and Doug Jones, boasts a rustic wire-frame ceiling light perfect for spending summer evenings outdoors.
Sculptural Lighting
In Salento, a region in Southern Italy, a ceiling sculpture by Scolari doubles as a light, illuminating the ground-floor stairwell. The vintage accent tables are from an Italian café.
Black Lanterns
On a porch in Marrakech, the loggia's walls and floor are hand-polished plaster, the bench is by maisonLAB, and the oak side table is a flea-market find. Black hanging lanterns give the regal space a modern edge.
A Warming Sconce
Greeting guests at the door of this cozy guesthouse in the Montana mountains is Turtle, a golden retriever, and a single country-style sconce providing warm lighting.
Asymmetric Sconce Lighting
The front door’s shutters at a Victorian cottage on Cape Cod are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Chrome Green, and a vintage sign was made into a bench. The entry way is flanked by a bright white sconce.
Traditional Sconces
The entrance to a Westchester retreat has traditional sconces to match the home's classic exterior.
Camouflaged Sconces
A path lined with boxwood globes leads to the entrance of an Oakland, California home, the facade painted in Benjamin Moore’s Ashwood Moss. The black sconces perfectly complement the exterior.
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