Who knew porch railings could be so chic? These modern porch railing ideas will add serious curb appeal and give your porch a whole new look.

Repairing or replacing railing may not be easy peasy, but it's certainly something to consider doing yourself.

There are options to sort through with deck projects. A middle road, according to Brian Mininger at Bear Creek, is to upgrade railing and screening.

Q. Our 90 year old house has a front porch that is falling apart. It looks like the stones that are holding up the front posts are tipping to the side or sinking downward, pulling the porch floor ...