If you would go to Eastern temples, you would find them adorned with massive porticos. Portico is basically a pillared lead to the entrance of a building. It is generally built high and with parasol roof. It is almost an addition to the majesty of a house.

There are tetrastyle, hexastyle, octastyle and decastyles prominent even to this day. These are fragments of Roman and French imagination. Palaces would opt for hexastyles in earlier times. To create a portico, you need to first have a grand gateway. Raise your bars from there in a straight line, bracketed by a line of pillars. These pillars should be sturdy enough and not with too much joints.

You can use your garden space to create a walkway to your main entrance. This is however odd-looking for a bungalow or smaller houses. This colonnade is supposed to lend support to the actual columns of your home.