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| Artistic....OLD brick peeking through old plaster. All cleaned and sealed. |
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| Opposite wall. Yeah, that's Nathan. |
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| "The Hole" before the cut. |
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| Bathroom and mop closet with it's final coat of paint. Rear adjacent wall is also gold. |
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| Railings, posts and spindles in the process of being painted. |
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| A group of spindles demanding attention. |
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| Largo walks the beam and paints, Rebekah directs, Garry avoids the camera. |
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| Nathan walks the beam OVER THE HOLE. I freak out. |
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| Matt, painting spindles. With three or more coats of paint needed, there's plenty for everyone. |
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| Amon, touching up spindles in spindle hell. |
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| Oh my gosh! Someone moved the saws and swept up all the sawdust! Twin radiators guard the window. |
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| 12-28 There's something very satisifying about cleaning crud out of floor cracks! |
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| 1-3 Chairs (for upstairs seating), from an Odd Fellow's auction, waiting to be painted. |
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| 1-3 MORE spindles? Does spindle hell ever end? |
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| 1-5 Rebekah climbs up (or was it down)? That scaffolding is way too narrow if you ask me! |
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| 1-5 Rebekah sits "in the hole". Will spindle touching up ever end? |
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| 1-7 Finished chairs watch as ceiling board (for the 1st floor vestubles) get some paint. |
Notice the caution tape? Can you believe someone SAT in one of my meticulously painted chairs before
it cured?
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| 1-14 The window frames are all stained, awaiting oil finish. |
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| 1-17 Floor sanding, a huge project. Edges will be done by hand. |
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| 1-19 Cabinet doors with their 2nd coat of oil drying. |
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| 1-19 Third floor paint shop, currently featuring baseboards from the office. |
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| Same wall from the other end. |
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| Stairs down to the mezzanine during the plastic era. Posts are primed, but not yet painted. |
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| Metal framework for railings and posts. Old skylight frame, to be reinstalled with lighting. |
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| Toilet, urinal, and sink installed.....and an innovative "door". |
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| Spindles....drying after a third coat of paint. |
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| Nathan walks the beam for upper-post painting. |
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| Well, SOMEONE has to paint that beam. I take pictures for Nathan's memorial service. |
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| No beam walking for Amon, a boy after his mother's own heart. |
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| Largo, the Spindle-Master, hard at work. |
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| Coming up the steps. THOSE spindles are originals. |
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| This radiator is GOLD, real aristocracy...keeping an eye on the third floor. |
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| 1-3 1st coat of paint, 8th chair. 12 to go.....and then the second coat. |
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| 1-5 Rebekah paints the edge of the hole -- high up on scaffolding (scaring her mom) |
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| 1-5 Wade expertly takes over the scaffold act. |
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| 1-7 Remnants of a late night spindle painting party. Can you believe it? In the hole? |
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| 1-5 The (painted) spindles are now installed on the newly stained stairs going up to the top floor. |
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| 1-13 One of two 3rd floor fans with a metalic look. Perfect against the dark ceiling. |
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| 1-17 Johnny makes templates for marble inserts around the corner pillars. |
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| 1-17 A test patch. After the clear finish, the wood turns reddish! Looks great, huh? |
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| 1-19 The floor is coming along, slowly but surely. |
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