February, 1920 
39 
There is a delightful English 
feeling about this simple, 
homelike interior, which is in 
perfect agreement with the 
English exterior shown below. 
The simplicity of Colonial' 
lines distinguishes this home. 
It has the same floor-plans as 
the other houses on this page. 
In the development of this 
house the Southern feeling is 
most pronounced. 
“beauty and diconomy CMeet 
in 6urtis ^Woodwork 
R eally beautiful woodwork at rea- 
sonable cost has long been a cher¬ 
ished dream of home builders. 
One could get good woodwork—honest wood 
and excellent workmanship—at a fair price. 
But to finish a home in woodwork architecturally 
true to some period or expression required the 
services of an architect. This done, it was 
necessary for some manufacturer to produce 
that special order of woodwork. The home 
builder paid—and should have — for all this 
special work. 
No wonder beautiful homes used to be ex¬ 
pensive. 
We made good general woodwork and we 
made some of the special kind. Our ambition 
was to make the special kind for every home 
builder. It seemed that only in one way could 
This friendly-looking house carries out 
the lines of the Western expression. 
this be put within the reach of all — that way 
is through standardization. 
We standardized Curtis Woodwork from de¬ 
signs made by one of America’s foremost archi¬ 
tects. Standardization thus brings to you a 
good woodwork combining beauty and economy. 
Standardization, a prosaic manufacturing method, 
thus becomes the means through which you can 
have, at reasonable cost, the woodwork of your 
desire. 
Curtis Woodwork is true to four architectural 
expressions—Colonial, English, Southern, and 
Western. Curtis Woodwork in these four ex¬ 
pressions is available at any Curtis dealer’s. 
Your architect can use these Curtis standard 
sizes and designs in planning your home. He 
can save his time and your money by doing so. 
Nor will he sacrifice one single note of individu¬ 
ality either in his work or in your home. 
If you cannot consult an architect, build your 
home from Curtis plans, which your lumber 
dealer can obtain for you. These Curtis homes 
— of from three to eight rooms —were planned 
and designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman, 
New York architects, who designed also all 
the Curtis Woodwork now within the reach 
of all. 
Ask your lumber dealer about Curtis Wood¬ 
work. It will be supplied through him when 
you build. Ask him to obtain for you, free, a 
portfolio of “Better Built Homes”; or send the 
coupon below, with 25 cents in postage, and the 
portfolio you name will be sent direct. Ask 
for portfolio No. VI, if you are interested in 
homes of 3, 4 and 5 rooms; portfolio No. VII, 
if in homes of 6, 7 and 8 rooms. Each port¬ 
folio contains illustrations of the exteriors, in¬ 
teriors and floor-plans, with complete descrip¬ 
tions of thirty-two homes. Begin now to 
start action on realizing your dreams of a 
home of your own. 
CURTIS SERVICE BUREAU 
3088-4088 So. Second Street Clinton, Iowa 
Manufacturing and "Distributing Plants at 
Oklahoma City, Okla, Wausau, Wis. Clinton, Iowa 
Detroit Topeka, Kan. Dayton, Ohio 
Lincoln, Neb. Minneapolis Chicago 
Sioux City, Io^Ya 
Eastern Offices at Pittsburgh and Baltimore 
The makers of CuiffiS If^oodwork guarantee complete satis* 
faction to its users* If^e're not satisfied unless you ared' 
This five-room English cottage is built 
for comfort and follows the best tradi¬ 
tions of English construction. 
CURTlS 
WOODWORK 
** The Permanent Furniture for Your Home** 
I CURTIS SERVICE BUREAU 
I 3088-4088 So. Second Street, Clinton, Iowa 
I Enclosed find.cents in stamps, for which please 
■ send me Portfolio of Better Built Homes, Vol. VI (3, 
4, 5 room houses) 2Sc; Portfolio of Better Built Homes, 
I Vol. Vn (6, 7, 8 room houses) 25c. (Please check the one 
you wish.) 
i Name......... 
i Street or R. E. D........ 
! Town.State.. 
