Ceiling is not just a place to hang lamps and fan; it is a centerpiece of your room. Ceiling of your porch is going to catch your guests’ view.
So your porch ceiling is going to determine your guests’ opinion about the family lives in that house. Try on these inspiring porch ceiling ideas.
Covered Front Porch Ceiling Ideas
Front porch is welcoming your guests and showing them how gorgeous your house is. Welcome them with something awesome like this white ceiling that matches your incredible nautical themed house.
Or if your house style is rustic, wooden ceiling like this one matches your light grey wooden walls and the old fashioned wall mounted lighting from iron. Pick ceiling that has same tones as wooden door.
Modern house will also look awesome with wooden ceiling. This front porch ceiling is minimalist wooden ceiling with lamps mounted on it. It matches the glass door between the walls.
Another ceiling inspiration is for you who want to make beach themed house. Sand colored wooden ceiling that meets the navy colored walls is beautiful combination for your exterior.
You’re free to decorate your wooden ceiling with pendant lamp or recessed lamp. Just make sure that the lighting you choose is enough to illuminate your porch.
Bead Board Porch Ceiling Ideas
Are you going to place some seats to welcome your guests on the porch? Then you want to make them feel comfortable by mounting a couple of ceiling fan with lights.
If – just like this one – your porch ceiling isn’t flat, you may want to add pendant lamps instead of recessed lights. Pendant lamps hung on the ceiling reach more surface of your front porch.
Or if your ceiling is higher than 8 feet, you’ll love installing tray ceiling from white colored woods. This is going to make your porch feel higher than before.
White tray ceiling is also a nice host for black ceiling fan with a lamp. Contrast color of the fan is making your ceiling looks more artistic.
Once you’re done placing the black fan on white ceiling, pick some furniture set that matches the black fan. A black wooden table with two black rattan chairs is going to be the perfect option.
Cool/Creative Porch Ceiling Ideas
Brown, white, cream are classic ceiling colors for your porch. Since you’re about to impress your guests when they first see your house, complete it with a stunning color like this orange ceiling.
Chic yellow is another awesome color for your porch’s ceiling. It goes well with orange ceiling fan and fresh ornaments on the couch. Grey seats balance the freshness of the space.
If chic yellow isn’t suitable for your bohemian styled porch, neon yellow is going to refresh the look. It matches the lime green ornaments on white table that’s surrounded by light grey seats.
This one of incredible porch ceiling ideas is perfect for spacious porch. If you want wooden ceiling for your wide porch, make sure it gets enough lights from the lamps and sun.
Don’t be afraid to cover your porch with a dark colored ceiling like this charcoal grey ceiling. If you hesitate with the dark color, add white colored furniture under your dark ceiling to neutralize it.
Farmhouse Porch Ceiling Ideas
Farmhouse is identical with woods. White wooden walls, light brown wooden floor, and black wooden rocking chairs are all going to be awesome with the marvelous wooden ceiling above them.
Recessed lamps mounted on wooden ceiling will look plain if there’s no centerpiece between the lamps. Opt for a dark colored ceiling fan in the middle of your recessed lamps.
But if your porch has been filled with dark colored furniture, you need something bright for the ceiling. White wooden ceiling will balance the dark brown wooden fence around your porch.
What makes this farmhouse porch look beautiful? It is the brown woods used to build the ceiling and accent wall. The color matches the floor and furniture set inside the porch.
Among the other farmhouse porches above, this one is my favorite. It has the natural tone of woods on the ceiling. Even the ceiling fan hung on the ceiling is made of wood! Don’t you love this idea too?
Indoor Porch Ceiling Ideas
Decorating an indoor porch is much easier than designing the outdoor one. This indoor porch has a beautiful wooden ceiling beautified with adorable lamps.
This one even has television on the stone wall between the glass walls. The wooden ceiling above has minimalist lines and white recessed lamps around a big ceiling fan in the middle of the ceiling.
If your indoor porch is too modern for a ceiling fan, just keep it simple by mounting some lamps on the ceiling. Place minimalist furnishings to keep the porch look simple and modern.
For owners of shabby chic porch, wooden and rattan furniture is a brilliant idea. Since there are enough woods and rattans, you want something neutral for the ceiling. Try on this pastel blue ceiling.
For an indoor porch that is host to the kitchen, dining room, and living room, you better use the same colored furniture in the room. Then add a simple ceiling along with huge ornaments like fan on the ceiling log.
Metal Porch Ceiling Ideas
Metal porch ceilings are a better option especially for modern houses. It comes with minimalist design that goes well with many porch styles.
Of course you can combine your metal ceiling with wooden beams. It will even look better with the presence of stone exterior walls.
Just like decorating your wooden porch’s wooden ceiling, you can decorate your metal porch with ceiling fan. But you need to hide the wires from the sight of your guests.
Next time you build a porch, make sure the ceiling offers enough shade for everyone on the porch. If your ceiling cannot protect everyone from the sunlight, it is better to build walls around your porch.
Metal porch is one of brilliant porch ceiling ideas for industrial themed porch. It goes well with the black fencing and iron chairs in your porch. Complement your porch with fresh living plant.
Modern Porch Ceiling Ideas
Modern house needs modern touch. Opt for tray ceiling with recessed lamps for your modern porch.
Painting the porch ceiling with something fresh like blue is an idea. Match it with fresh flowers hung on the edge of your ceiling.
When installing the wooden ceiling for your porch, make sure the woods face the same directions of the floor’s and walls’ woods.
This modern room looks awesome with the steel ceiling fan hung on the modern styled porch ceiling.
What makes this house look luxurious is the classic ceiling that’s completed with beautiful lighting. Install the same lighting system for your porch.
Outdoor Porch Ceiling Ideas
Outdoor porch needs fewer lamps since it gets enough light from the sun. So mount only a few recessed lamps on your ceiling.
If you’re okay with rain, you might love this extraordinary ceiling idea that lets the rain shower your porch flooring.
The brick walls of this porch are eye-catching already. White ceiling is about to make the porch look adorable.
Combining woods and stones is always great for an outdoor porch. Woods on the ceiling and stones for the fireplace make the porch look natural.
All white is never outdated. White ceiling, white walls, and white cushions on the seating are perfect. Everything looks clear and bright.
Rustic Porch Ceiling Ideas
Woods are the best material for rustic styled porch. Use woods for the entire ceiling and add some stones around your fireplace.
Though your rustic porch has wooden ceiling, it can get the modern styled recessed lamp. Just don’t add too many lamps.
Since your opened porch has no air conditioning system, you need to complement your ceiling with an extra huge fan.
If one fan is not enough, add another one so everyone sitting on your porch won’t feel hot during summer.
Don’t hesitate to try something new like mounting a glass ceiling between the woods on the ceiling.
Small Porch Ceiling Ideas
Small porch doesn’t need a wide ceiling. A wide ceiling is just going to make the porch look weird.
If your ceiling is extra small, cover the ceiling and walls in white. It reflects sunlight to make the porch feels wider.
Or try some light colors like pastel blue for ceiling and light grey for wooden walls. Dark colors aren’t really good for smaller porch.
Light grey wooden ceiling that matches the color of wooden walls and floor needs fresh green touches for the ornaments.
Make sure your small porch makes everyone standing in front of your door feels comfortable by providing enough lighting.
Wooden Porch Ceiling Ideas
Match your brown wooden ceiling with army green furniture above the beautiful tiles for porch flooring.
Wooden ceiling for the porch goes well with the bamboo porch wall behind your sofa set. The presence or stones will add more natural touches.
If you want something modern under your wooden ceiling, glass walls are an incredible alternative.
For a unique porch, use two different woods in two different colors for your porch ceiling. The two tones make the porch looks special.
Instead of placing the recessed lamps systematically, consider mounting your recessed lamps randomly to create a unique porch style.
Gable Porch Ceiling Ideas
Simple gable porch ceiling you see here is perfected by the elegant black pendant lamp that matches the fencing. Get this idea for your own porch.
For you who love symmetry, mounting recessed lamps symmetrically on both sides of gable porch ceiling is a must.
Since your gable porch ceiling is made of woods, you better complete your porch with wooden beams where you can hang the hammock. It makes you feel like you’re in the woods.
The best place to mount your ceiling fan is in the middle of your gable porch ceiling.
Since this kind of ceiling is higher than usual ceiling, you need creative porch ceiling ideas that involve pendant lamps instead of recessed lamps.