Wood is the only building material that grows. For that reason it is seldom perfect and is more subject to the action of heat or moisture than any other building material. It must be protected against damage from these elements from the time the tree is felled—during the time it is being made into woodwork in the factory, while in storage, in transit, in the hands of your painter and finisher, and even during the years that it is in your home. The construction of Curtis Woodwork takes account of these factors and minimizes the chances of your woodwork “going wrong” after it leaves our hands.
There is not space here to tell about the special construction features which distinguish Curtis Woodwork from ordinary “millwork.” Some of them are shown, however, on the following pages, in diagrams showing details of Curtis stairs, cabinet work and doors.
Workmen making more than one piece of a kind at a time soon find better ways of doing the work, and therefore make a product of better quality. Many of the special Curtis construction features have been worked out by the men in the Curtis factories because they were interested in making Curtis Woodwork the best you can buy. If they made each piece but once, the purchaser could not profit from their experience.
Deliveries
Curtis Woodwork is made in quantities and kept in stock, not only by the various Curtis factories, but by Curtis dealers throughout the East and Middle West. With this wide distribution, your order can be delivered promptly, so that your workmen need not be held up waiting for your woodwork to be made at the mill.
Guarantee
Every piece of Curtis Woodwork that you buy carries, as a final pledge of its better value, the guarantee: “The makers of Curtis Woodwork guarantee complete satisfaction to its users. ‘We’re not satisfied unless you are.’” If you believe with us that economy does not refer to money hoarded, but to money wisely spent, ask your lumber dealer to furnish Curtis Woodwork for your house, and look for the Curtis trademark upon it.
Restful Rooms
Home is a place of rest. We seek for comfort in our homes. We mean something more than bodily ease when we speak of comfort—we must have mental rest too. And there can be no mental rest without beauty.