It might be worth your while to make the short drive to Newton Furniture, where you'll find over 32,000 square feet of high quality home furnishings at reasonable prices, along with a staff that is eager to help you, not sell to you.

"The customer wants to be helped," says Tim Altenhofen, "Not to be pushed, not to be told, but to be helped. Some stores feel that it's a hard-sell close the deal kind of world but not at Newton Furniture."

"Newton Furniture is part of a different world, " says Tim. His employees still practice the same customer service philosophy that Tim learned from his parents, Keith and Ann. How often do you go somewhere and feel truly helped? "It's not selling," he explained, "it's helping people, it's really that simple."

The Altenhofens have been in the furniture business for over 60 years, serving Des Moines, Ankeny, Newton, Grinnell, Marshalltown, Ames, Pella, Oskaloosa, Knoxville, Indianola, Ottumwa, Boone, and beyond. Keith and Ann got their start in Sigourney and later purchased Holiday Furniture in Grinnell. In 1963 they moved to Newton and purchased Newton Furniture. Their son, Tim, grew up in the business and continues to build on his parents' legacy.