March, 1918 
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Home Attractiveness 
T HE building of a home is an important event in any life, but there is 
an element of uncertainty in house building. Some houses never seem 
to work out right. Some subtle atmosphere which could not be 
detected in the drawings changed the whole complexion. “ It looks so dif¬ 
ferent on paper when beautified in perspective by the expert Architect.” 
All of which goes to show that perhaps you have said like some owners— 
"Never mind the exterior, I want a good interior. I live inside—not outside. 
Give me a beautiful home inside, and my neighbors must put up with the 
outside.” This is not true! We owe a duty to our neighbors; we do 
care what our neighbors think of the appearance of our home, and the ideal 
home is a well-balanced structure, harmonious in detail and attractive 
outside as well as inside. 
Those houses which have that " indescribable something” are, after all, an 
expression of the owner's individuality, a sincere development of his needs 
and manner of life, and a blending of all that Nature has given, with the 
character of the design in structural integrity, honesty of expression, right 
proportions and simplicity of outline. 
S' 
NORTH TONAWANDA, N. Y. 
In no place has the "home atmosphere” been more perfectly portrayed than 
in the simple village house of England, and that which has helped most has 
been the quaint thatched roof of straw. In these days of "modern building,” 
in no better way than with Thatched "CREO-DIPT ” Stained Shingles 
can the "atmosphere” be obtained, for the roof crowns the house, and gives 
it that nice adjustment of height, breadth and thickness that make up that 
quality of " home attractiveness indescribable.” 
Our New Book containing large photographs of many 
beautiful homes with " CFkEO'DIPT" Thatched Roofs 
designed by leading architects is now ready for dis¬ 
tribution 
Working drawings of construction—specifications—in 
structions for design and construction of a Thatched Roof 
with That hed * CKEO-DIPT Stained Shingles—color 
pad and Book of Homes furnished on request. 
>: & 
Country house on* Richehtlle Road, Searsdale, N. Y 
Architect- W. St an wood Phillips, New York Gty. 
Thatched "CREO-DIPT” Stained Shingles used 
for Thatched Roof. Color as weathered straw. 
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