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| Old brick peeks out beneath old plaster. Cabinets will go behind the bar on this wall. |
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| Nathan, painting trim around the ceiling. "Stonehedge". The big round thing is the a/c ducting. |
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| Stairs from the back of the first floor to the basement. |
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| 12-25 The bar-to-be. It's recently become home to the table saw, relocated from upstairs. |
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| Awaiting parts, serving temporarily as a desk. The unpainted spindle used is a paperweight. |
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| Rebekah paints WAY up there. |
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| 1-3 Brick clean up work going on in the front area. There will be seating by the windows. |
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| 1-3 Beks, in one inch tiles, ready to become a permanent part of the floor. |
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| 1-4 Nathan & Wade tuck point and clean brick, as seen through the hole, looking down. |
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| 1-5 Nathan cleans and tuck points brick. The flash works better from this angle. |
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| 1-7 Nathan shows Naomi how to chip out old morter. No, it's not a bad picture, there's lots of dust |
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| 1-7 I'm patching holes & cracks in the old plaster, getting it ready for paint. (front "vestibules") |
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| See, I told you radiators are good for all sorts of things. This one is a hammer holder. |
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| 1-10 The tile man at work, Garry approves. |
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| 1-10 Vestibule wall, almost done. That is the old fuse box on the wall, left for "atmosphere". |
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| 1-14 Don't you just LOVE it? (Obviously I do!) |
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| 1-13 Esther poses with the newly painted "plum" radiator-soon-to-become-room-divider. |
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| 1-17 The bar gets electricity. |
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| 1-14 Wade balances on a ladder to grab the skylight frame through the hole from Nathan. |
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| 1-19 Required-by-law exit sign, but a truly classy one. |
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| 1-19 Outer front door, looking OUT - you can almost see the 511 in the glass above it. |
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| 1-19 A scaffold view of one of the fans. They look like big insects to me. |
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| 1-19 View of the bar through the hole, check out the new flooring. |
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| 1-19 Wade sands entryway trim. Sawdust flies everywhere. |
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| 1-21 Doors & trim begin their process of three coats of paint. This one goes to the basement. |
How to move a radiator...(very carefully)
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| 1-21 Study the situation carefully. Pray. |
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| 1-21 Get four guys, a dolly, & some plywood. |
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| 1-23 Rebekah primes ceiling trim in the vestibules. |
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| Front entrance from the inside looking out. |
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| Nathan, is he part monkey? |
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| Stairs from the back of the first floor to the mezzanine. Notice the fresh paint and CLEAN bricks! |
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| This radiator, at the base of the main stairs is on the job and working great. |
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| This radiator and it's twin will eventually be warming the front entrance areas. |
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| Chris hangs one of the heavy wooden doors inside the entry. Another will go on the outside. |
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| 1-3 Front areas, ready for floor tile. |
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| 1-3 View through the hole. Tile laying prep going on down there. "Beks" got moved. |
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| 1-4 The Nathan-Wade Team hard at work on the beam. |
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| 1-3 Looking down on Nathan and Wade from the third floor "hole". |
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| 1-5 I just LOVE the Beks tiles. |
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| 1-7 New decision to remove MORE plaster and show MORE brick on the first floor wall behind the bar. |
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| 1-7 Ceiling Fans are up, hovering like six big insects. |
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| All done, moving to the other side. Floor tile coming soon, lots of wall prep to be done first. |
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| 1-6 "Hey guys, use the urinal and quit dripping on the toilet!" - Rebekah |
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| 1-10 Rebekah on her perch, painting walls above the brick behind the bar. |
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| 1-14 The tile is partially grouted. |
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| 1-14 Taken from "the hole" with my night vision on. |
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| 1-14 Hey guys, wouldn't the stairs be easier? Always up to a challenge, aren't we? |
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| 1-19 Inner front door with the new exit sign. |
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| 1-19 First floor speakers will hang from the ceiling between the fans. |
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| 1-19 The vestibules have light fixtures now. |
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| 1-19 The bar is definately looking more like a bar. |
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| 1-19 Looking down and looking GOOD! |
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| 1-22 First one successful.....Round two, here we go again. |
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| 1-24 Wall cabinets behind the bar are going in. They are massive. |
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| 1-26 Johnny gives the service stairs a rail and (soon) spindles. |
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