Show t ABOUT OUR HOME By FRANCIS DELL Choosing the right doors for your home is not always as ea easy as you may first think Study the various types of doors before you remodel or build There are three important things a door should fit besides Asides its opening your opening your budget the function to be performed and the style of your home The raised pan panel 1 door is available avail avail- able in many types and styles Georgian and Colonial are in the most common use A raised-panel raised door strongly accents the entrance to a large home For use inside the panels panes can be U thinner Accessed Recessed paneling is the opposite oPP osite o- o site of raised paneling It is used almost exclusively on interior doors Being simple in design it it costs considerably less than a rais- rais red paneled door The effect lacks the one richness of raised paneling however In contemporary design the trend is is toward simplicity From this his trend has come the slab door This type goes perfectly with the modern and nd contemporary home Dutch doors have long been a a great favorite They are arc built in two sections upper sectionS upper and lower The top can be opened while the bottom half stays closed They are arc available in almost any design Con Convenient Convenient Convenient spots for their use are between between between be be- tween kitchen and dining terrace door to childrens children's bedrooms or between between be tween kitchen and dining room French doors can gi give e a feeling feeing of spaciousness inside the house They are attractive leading to a porch or terrace Louvered doors will provide ven ven- and privacy 0 They help keep clothes fresh when used on closets by providing a change in air Their one drawback is that they dont don't shut out any noise Accordion doors serve as a temporary temporary temporary tem tem- partition between living- living room and dining areas etc Swinging doors are used almost exclusively between kitchen and dining rooms because of their ease of operation Sliding doors are space-savers space and are being used widely in new homes During the holiday season it will be unusual if you do not have several unexpected guests drop in to visit Its It's a mystery why it catches so many of us unprepared Why not make this thus Christmas one when it cant can't happen to you If H you have a freezer this is is no problem However not everyone is that lucky There is a way to get I around the problem of having enough food for the un unexpected guest planning guest planning Keep on hand a supply of canned goods that can be made to stretch a meal or create a meal at a moments moment's notice Canned sausage canned hamburgers hamburgers hamburgers ham ham- burgers canned stew canned tuna fish or salmon arc are a few meats Keep canned new potatoes onions peas peas' and carrots on the shelf It is a 3 good idea to keep a supply of odds and ends such as potato chips olives and cheeses All of these Ulese items can be kept in in- definitely Fruit cake and plum or fig pudding pudding pudding pud pud- ding are a Christmas custom in in America A cup of coffee coupled with fruit cake or pudding and andt and hard lard sauce is a hard combination to o beat It is a perfect refreshment I Ito to o offer a caller If H there are arc children in your I family amily have four or or- five ine inexpensive inexpensive pen pensive sive gifts wrapped and ready y for I the friend junior forgot to mention to you Have enough extra Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas lights to replace the ones that burn out |