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Now Porch Can Be Extra Living Room Electric Helpers PORCH FOR ALL SEASONS IS CREATED from a screened in porch, by installation of wide-view awning and picture windows of ponderosa pine. Attractive new flooring, ceiling tiles and "indoor" furniture combine to make the porch an extra room enjoyable year-round. Is your house so spacious that you can afford to close off one room for the winter? Few homeowners could answer this question, "Yes." But that's whit happens in homes with a screened-in porch. In warm weather, a screenedin porch is a pleasure--a fine place to relax, to entertain. The children use it as an outdoor playroom. When cold winds start to blow, the porch goes off limits. That convenient extra room is winterbound and useless until spring. A glass-enclosed porch poses no such problems. Instead, it offers year-round comfort and enjoyment, and opens the house to the seasonal beauties of the outdoors. Turning a screened-in porch into a glass-enclosed room isn't difficult. The roof, support posts and floor are already there. What's required are the right windows, insulation and heating. Stock awning or hopper windows of ponderosa pine serve well for an enclosed porch. They open at a 45-degree angle (awnings out, hoppers in) for free air flow, have a large glass expanse for good visibility, and open and close easily. They can be banked in a series across the wall, or used in combination with fixed-glass windows to give the wide-open effect of glass walls. Porch windows should have insulating glass for maximum comfort. Double panes of insulating glass, combined with the natural insulation of wood sash and effective weatherstripping, cut heat loss in winter and help prevent heat gain in summer. Insulating glass -- now available in all ponderosa pine stock window styles -- also prevents condensation and eliminates the need for storm sash. Even though an enclosed porch is weathertight and gets lots of sunlight, it does need some form of heating. If feasible, simply extend the present indoor heating system. Or, use electric baseboard heating, gas or electric space heaters, or one of the heat pumps th&t heat in winter and cool in summer. It's also wise to install insulating batts in the roof and walls. If the porch floor is wood, it may need just a resanding or paint job. Concrete floors can be tiled over with an easy-care resilient flooring. The jglass-enclosed porch will provide extra living space all year 'round, and may even become the most popular room in the house. Look to Your Windows Remember, when you plan your window treatment, what your window is for, and be sure that you don't interfere with its function. If you have a nice view, let it be seen. And remember that, no matter what the view by day, at night the glass will be black unless covered. If your apartment is high up, in a city, you may have a beautiful view at night. But this is for relatively few people. In a modern room, or any room that is informal, don't let the windows become fuzzy with treatment. They must harmonize with the room in every way. If there is pattern in the curtains, it should be in scale with the room and everything in it. If your curtains are being featured, try to make them beautiful -- and just important enough If they are to be background, don't let them get too busy. Don't let them interfere with the room's unity. Be sure they are made properly and installed so they hang well. If you do all of these things, ypu will surely have curtains that do their job and look well at the same time. Put Fun In Parties According to Webster, the word "entertain" means "to amuse . . interest . . divert." as> well as "to have as a guest." mid entertaining ideas which meet both definitions come easily to the host or hostess living in a Gold Medallion Home. Here they can take full advantage of the many electric appliances which make partygiving interesting and fun for all. A complete party for teenagers can be planned around the electric blender for ice-cream drinks and non-stick electric griddle for hamburgers or grilled sandwiches. Have an electric slicing knife handy too for cutting bread thick or thin, as desired. The blender also stars in the sandwich spread and cocktail-dip department for more sophisticated parties. Another unusual idea is based on the smokeless electric broiler or hibachi. Offer a choice of kabob ingredients: bite-size pieces of meat and seafood, plus cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, olives, etc. Let guests assemble their own. Electric skillets and casseroles permit cooking and serving right at the table or buffet. 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