Much can be done toward lightening kitchen burdens by proper placing of the furniture and equipment. The character and location of dresser, worktable and ironing board must be carefully considered. In the illustration above, one end of the kitchen is so arranged that most of the work can be done there, within a few steps. Regardless of the width of the kitchen, there are units of Curtis permanent furniture for this room that can be employed to form a similar arrangement. Some Curtis dressers are two doors wide, others three; some have a top section extending clear to the ceiling; others do not. Any cabinet can be supplied with either glass or panel doors in C-718, shown here, the kitchen dresser is combined with the dining room sideboard, with sliding doors between.

There are several different types of worktables in the Curtis catalog. One of them is shown in the large illustration on page 12; another is shown at the bottom of that page. Bins, drawers and cabinets utilize the space beneath the table top. Like Curtis dressers, they are made with “toe-room” for the convenience of the worker. Perhaps a corner of your kitchen can be used for a dining alcove, or a breakfast table that folds into a wall cabinet when not in use, such as are shown on page 15.

There should be a built-in ironing board in every kitchen. It is protected from dust, is completely out of the way and is always ready for use. This board is as easily installed in an old home as it is in a new house.

Any item of Curtis permanent furniture can be installed in a house already built with practically as little trouble as in a new house.

Curtis permanent furniture in the kitchen does much to shorten the working hours of the women of the household. It saves time, steps and a great deal of hard work, leaving the housewife better able to enjoy her family than when she is tired out from heavy kitchen burdens.