NW FLmes out of Om Ho*ut An Investment in Remodeling with Four,Fold Profits

l-Increased personal pride. 2-Protected Tunoucnour America originalinvestment. 3-Profitfronrsale. Smith was eble to mix new there are countless substantial- 4-Community development. lumbet with the. old, time.seaframe houses built years ago whose soned wood of the house because value has shrunk chiefly because they lack modern arrangements and do not conform to present day archi. tectural beauty.

u7hat shall be done with these sturdy old dwellingsjunk them? Sell them for "a song"l Abandon the value of fine old treesl Sacridce all sentimental attachmentsl

Certainly notl If the old house is built of wood, easily and economically you can remoilel it and make it again valuable, beautiful and livable. It is a simple marter to te-arrange lumber-made walls-to add to or take away inside and out-to conceal plumbing and wiring in walls and under floors.

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Remodeling may be done to fit the purse or income. It can be done "on installments"-the first year perhaps a new porch and dormers to relieve a plain roof; later new floors, enlarged rooms, an added wing.

This was what Smith did- -by step, he used LongSell Douglas Fir, seasoned perfectly in scientificalh controlled kilns at the company's great manufacturing plants at Longview,'l7ashington.

Smith saved money without sacrificing beauty by laying Long-Bell oak flooring over the old floors-a special kind made for that very purpose.

Smith used Long-Bell windows and Long.Bell doors, all made of the easily workable California White Pine. In fact, Smith found practically every kind of lumber or lumber product necessary for the job right in his neighborhood lumber yard and all bearing the LongBell trade.mark of excellence*.

Retail lumber dealers have many ideas on remodeling old homes into new. Architects can show you quickly the possibilities you may have and your lumberman can easily estimate the cost. Investigate, then decide whether it is not time to remodel the old home.

T1IE LONG.BELL LUMBER COMPANY R.A,Ilng Bldg. LrnD.narierszl Kru Clty' Mo.