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Show I 'Plain Jane House Becomes 'Glamor Ga' i These "before" and "after" pictures pic-tures show how the appearance of a house can be completely alteredtaking al-teredtaking on new beauty and 'personality through remodeling. Practical Builder magazine calls .this an outstanding example of 'good modernization made possible by careful planning. I Remodeling of this country ihome began with removal of two 'old porches, one of which can be seen at the rear in "before" photo. A new, large screened porch replaced re-placed one of those taken down, i The job included addition to one wing of the original house, and application of a new roof of fire-resistant asphalt shingles also figured fig-ured in the transformation. The . blue-blend shingles serve as the key to the overall color pattern, providing warm color harmony with the new, wide aluminum siding sid-ing and trim. The new roofing material ma-terial was applied over the old roof, reducing cost. Adding a nice touch to the appearance ap-pearance of this now completely modern home is the new field stone fireplace chimney. Attractive country home above bares slipht resemblance to ordinary ordi-nary dwelling at right, same house before modernization. New roof of asphalt shingles in blue-blend provides color harmony. |