Please try using the photo icon below the comment box to add your picture again. The one you have added is too small to see.

And was there a question hidden in there somewhere??

I have reposted and I hope my problem is a little clearer.

Sharon you reposted only on Houzz and not on the Gardenweb Landscape forum, so it won't appear here.

Here's your question [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/narrow-porch-how-to-arrange-to-make-it-comfortable-dsvw-vd~5650325[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/narrow-porch-how-to-arrange-to-make-it-comfortable-dsvw-vd~5650325)

I went over and looked at your picture in the link that floral provided so I could actually SEE the picture.

You have a nearly impossible problem to solve - a 3 foot deep porch is not really designed to be sat upon. The bench looks lovely, and so do the doors - but not with the bench blocking the doors!!

The only possible solution is to remove the tall shrubs and move the bench away from the door. But that’s still not ideal. There’s no room to walk around a bench on a 3 foot wide porch.

What little I can see of your house looks very nice. Too bad it’s hidden.