Oak Porch Ideas – Engraving

Engraved oak is one of the great oak porch ideas we have. . We manufacture in our Tockwith workshop and everything is made to order, and therefore, unique. After reading this article, please feel free to request an oak porch consultation..​

This enables clients to have exactly the oak product they wish for. ​ ​

Oak structures, such as sunrooms, glazed porches, garages, car ports, gazebo’s, veranda’s, pergola’s and open porches are proving extremely popular at the moment.  The aesthetically pleasing, characterful look of engraved oak must surely be part of their popularity.​

​Glazed porches and open porches, especially, are extremely popular and on many people’s home ‘wish lists’.​ ​  The porch is often the first part of the home a visitor enters when visiting.  They are often styled and reflect the owners’ personality, and give people an insight into the personality of the people behind the door!​ ​

More oak porch ideas could include storage for storing wellies, logs, children’s and dog’s paraphernalia.. Others customers overflow their porches with planters and lanterns. ​ ​

However clients use their porches, they do like have some engraved oak added.​ ​

House Names and Seating Areas

Oak By Design offer all porch clients the opportunity to have the tie beam (the horizontal piece of the main truss) of their porch personalised by engraving the house name or number, as appropriate.​ ​  Alternatively, if they don’t want to have the tie beam engraved, they can have oak seat tops made (if they’re having enclosed dwarf walls built).  Engraved oak can be created along the top or along the front edge. 

The photo’s show the seat tops engraved with the different family members names on a porch in the Cotswolds.  These, hopefully, ensure all wellies are all placed in the proper place after a family walk!

Oak Porch Ideas & Examples

What Would You Have Engraved On Your Oak Porch?

The engraving machine (the CNC) was purchased by Oak By Design and is being used regularly for the personalising of structures.​ The machine is extremely clever in determinig the depth and location of each part of each letter creating perfect results time after time.

The client has the choice of a number of different fonts and size for the inscription.  For peace of mind, we would discuss your requirements and after some basic questions, would then send you a 3D image showing the oak you wanted engraving. It would be a good artistic impression of what you want.

The addition of engraved oak to a porch has proved very popular with their clients who require ‘That little something extra’ on their products.​ ​

If you would like your oak porch engraving to stand out of the crowd, we are able to blacken the lettering prior to sealing the oak porch with two coats of external UV oil. This makes the engraving stand out and is more readable from a distance if you need this complimentary service.

Oak Porch Ideas – Engraving Conclusion

It a personal addition that you can incorporate not only into an oak porch but into all our oak products. Imagine a personal message on an oak swing seat, or a welcoming statement running up an oak staircase. Please feel free to call us for more ideas. The engraving is only available on products manufactured by Oak By Design, and at the time of manufacture.

For more great oak porch ideas, please give us a call on 01432 593794.