This Is the Best Size for a Porch 

CT.org…Southern Living has figured out porch sizing for small homes. The article below describes a minimum 6-foot depth with the width a function of the home façade design. CT.org aspires to a bigger porch that, as Southern Living describes, is in essence a room in and of itself. Therefore, our standard is that the porch be a minimum of 6-feet in depth [the impact of 8-feet feels more than two feet bigger] with a square footage equal to the smallest bedroom in the home, but no smaller than 80 square feet [e.g., 6’x13.3’, 7’x11.5’ or 8’x10’].