We may have lost an hour thanks to Daylight Savings Time, but we’re gaining warmer weather! March 20th marks the first day of spring, and to celebrate, we’ve rounded up some of the most colorful and flowery DIY projects to help you turn your porch into a work of spring-inspired art.

Welcome Fence

Welcome bench for your front home porch
Porch bench Achieving Creative Order

Whether you want to welcome guests to your home or spring weather to your front porch, this fence-style welcome sign is a cute and simple way to do so. By adding colorful pinwheels to the fence, you have a spring-themed piece of art that’s sure to make your guests smile.

Pastels, Antiques, and Glass Jars

DIY Spring decor for your home
Repurposed furniture BHG

If you love hunting for treasures just waiting to be upcycled or repurposed, this is the spring porch for you. By painting thrift store chairs and tables with pastel colors and topping them off with flower-print pillows and freshly cut flowers in glass jars, you can create a stunning spring tableau on your front porch.

DIY Porch Floor Design

Friendly porch decor that doubles as furniture
Porch furniture Hometalk

When you get tired of looking at the plain, average floor of your wooden deck or porch every day, why not add your own design? This DIY tutorial on how to paint a design on your porch floor is a great way to breathe new life into your porch this spring.

DIY Milk Can Table

DIY project: the milk can table furniture piece
Milk can table Fussy Monkey Business

Consider making your own DIY milk can table if you’re looking to add a rustic element to your spring porch this year. After spray painting an old milk can, complete the look with a DIY Farmhouse Bench or wooden chairs and you’ll have a simple and classic front porch for spring.

DIY Outdoor Daybed

Exterior home daybed for sleepy activities outside
Daybed The Apprentice Extrovert

If benches, individual chairs, and stools aren’t your seating preference, build your own outdoor daybed so you can relax on your porch in total comfort. Top it off with some DIY pillows and you’ll have the most comfortable porch in the neighborhood.

Spring Lawn Wreath

Springtime wreath decor for your front door
Seasonal wreath A Helicopter Mom

By using lime green fur yarn and white daisy trim ribbon, you can create a stunning spring wreath to hang on your front door. You’ll love coming home to this welcoming wreath everyday!

DIY Paper Butterfly Wreath

Brilliant DIY wreath display
DIY front door decor Pinterest

With bright and colorful scrapbook paper, a wreath form, and a hot glue gun, you can craft a fun and festive butterfly spring wreath. For many people, butterflies are the ultimate symbols of the spring season, and using them to decorate your front door will surely turn your porch into a springtime haven.

Spring Chalkboard Art

Chalk board home decor for spring
Chalk flowers Pinterest

The chalkboard art craze has only gotten more popular in recent months, which is why creating your own spring-themed chalkboard for your front porch will bring a fun feeling of youthfulness to your front porch. Whether you use a fold-out sign, an old frame, or a section of your wall or front door for your chalk art is up to you!

Simple Tulips

Rustic spring decor that you can do yourself
Rustic decor The Everyday Home

Tulips, like butterflies, are commonly associated with the idea of spring. By simply placing a bunch of hand-picked tulips in a bucket, you can create an easy-yet-festive spring decor for your porch.

Rain Boots Planters

Unique fence decor for the rainy season
Colorful fencing Homedit

As the old saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers,” and what better way to incorporate the rainy start to the spring season by using cute rain boots as flower planters? Gather up the old rain boots your kids have grown out of and give them new purpose by turning them into adorable planters.

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