Ok, time for more pics. Prepared to be dazzled--though not by my work.
First off, here's the brick wart that used to be on the side of the house where the solarium is being rebuilt:
Yesterday Eric and I finished up the window frames and started transporting them:
Cast iron sash pulley, bought from a salvage place. The owner actually bought more than we needed.
First six frames stacked on my trailer. We didn't dare go any higher.
Stacked in the house. We delivered 4 more at dusk, but the last 4 are out in the rain with a tarp over them as I type this. Ick.
The dining room after the plaster was removed. But here's what it looked like before the plaster was taken off:
A closeup of the door frame:
Yes, folks, that's walnut burl veneer on the walnut door molding. Holy crap!
Nobody does that anymore! (Ignore the steel lath strips, or whatever they are.)
Eric was able to persuade the owner to keep the ceiling.
Yes, those are gilded details along with the paint.
Here's a gilded top (capital?) over a window frame:
Closeup of same:
And back to the ordinary mundane outside details. Today I finished designing and started sawing out the patterns for the over-window exterior panels. These are 1/8" hardboard. I'm making these out of hardboard because I plan on giving the client all the patterns when the job is done so she can file them away where some future restorer can use them to repair damage. Probably won't happen, but what the heck.
This is the pattern for the narrower panels. As you see, its really too long for the scrolls saw, but I made it work.
Needs a little cleanup, but this is over a panel. I will have to cut all these out with a jig saw because the scroll saw just is a little too small.
Kirk