HOUSE AND GARDEN 
November, 1909 
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nailed to the under side of the 
porch floor joists will give an 
air space beneath the floor 
proper that will do much to¬ 
wards accomplishing the de¬ 
sired result. Weather-stripping 
on the outside edges of the sash 
will prove to be another factor 
in the comfort of the enclosure. 
The door in the glass par¬ 
tition will almost never need 
to be as wide as the opening 
left at the head of the porch 
steps. Make it about three 
feet wide and place it in the 
center of the opening, flanking 
it on either side with nar¬ 
rower glazed sash. To gain 
the requisite rigidity, both at 
the hinge and latch side of the 
door, it will be well to intro¬ 
duce a couple of 2 x 2 inch up¬ 
rights against the outside of 
the partition at these points. 
And if any of the spaces be¬ 
tween the permanent uprights 
is greater than six feet or 
so, it would be well to divide 
the space with several sash in¬ 
stead of using only one, putting 
the same size uprights — 2 x 2 
inches 
the dividing lines. 
Small panes are better than 
large ones in a partition of this kind for two reasons: one is that 
the breakage that is almost certain to occur when the sash are 
being taken down or put in place will be less expensive, and the 
other is that small panes, because of the additional amount of 
woodwork in the frames, give a more substantial and pleasing 
effect from both inside and outside of the enclosed room. 
Perhaps the most important factor in securing for the sun 
-against the outside of 
Where a solid parapet and square piers support the porch roof it is the easiest thing in the world to fill 
the openings with glazed sash so that one-quarter of your floor space is not put out of 
commission for eight months of the year 
room the inviting and hospitable quality that will ensure its 
constant use and enjoyment is the furnishing. Consider the 
porch as enclosed a room, and treat it accordingly. Its open, 
semi-outdoor character will demand a certain informality in 
floor covering and furniture, and surely a number of potted plants. 
For the floor a domestic rug of coarse but substantial weave 
would do nicely, or one of the type that is woven from grass would 
be eminently serviceable—Orientals are never 
out of place, but the tracking in of dust and 
snow upon the enclosed porch floor is not con¬ 
ducive to their usual long life. 
Wicker furniture always looks well on the 
porch, whether the latter be open or enclosed. 
If it is stained a dark green, so much the 
better, for the natural color of the wicker or 
white paint will look too cold. Sturdy oak 
furniture, of the craftsman or so-called “Mis¬ 
sion” type, is also well suited to a room of 
this kind. Whatever you do select, do not 
make the sun room a repository for all the 
cast-off furniture that has been banished from 
various other rooms inside the house—that 
is perhaps the very surest way to make the 
place a disappointment from the start. 
Have in it a tabl£ by all means—there 
are few things that will make a room more 
inviting and livable than a fairly large table 
in the middle, bearing a few good books, a 
stock of the current magazines, and a large 
bowl of cut flowers. It has a peculiar form 
of magnetism that makes one want to turn 
aside from his way, throw himself down in 
the big easy chair by the table’s side and luxu¬ 
riate. And, by the way, do not omit the big 
Wicker furniture seems to belong naturally to the enclosed porch. It is well, however, to 
have it stained a dark color in order to prevent its making the sun room look cold 
