Porch Pillars & Columns Design

Creative building and design ideas for decorative porch pillars and columns.

¶ Entrance porch to a house built of rough cast cement. The wooden pillars are painted pure white and are very thick and massive in proportion to their height. The rafters are left in view where they support the roof and a heavy beam running the length of the porch serves to uphold the rafters. Square massive cross beams extend from the pillars or columns to the wall, where the ends are sunk in the framing of the house. The floor and steps are of cement colored a dark red and marked off in blocks like tiles.

Wooden Porch Columns.

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