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Q: My 30-year-old house features a large concrete front porch. One side edge has been crumbling over the past few years, and paint is peeling from a brick design that was pressed into the concrete.

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Danny Lipford: Sarah wants to know, “How can I add a little pizzazz to our boring concrete porch?” No, Sarah, you don’t have to put up with that boring concrete front porch.

Don’t let your concrete steps prevent you from adding a front deck. If your steps have a solid foundation and aren’t crumbling, you can actually build your deck right over it.

The McKinley Presidential Library & Museum's front porch will be under construction June 5-13. Bricks with names to be moved.

A family who spend at lot of time in the street needed a house with living areas at the front.