More Work Pics - Family Woodworking

The window in the kitchen looks out onto the back patio. Here's the view from the patio:

Here's the next-door neighbor's boat:

OK, some actual work shots...here's a painting we installed the last time we were at this house:

And one of the pieces we hung today...a 500-year-old mirror. The frame is carved wood that has been gilded. Here the mirror, laying face-down on a packing blanket:

A closer detail of the joinery. I believe it's held together with a combination of wood pegs, iron nails, and glue:

And here's the final installation:

They have several pieces of furniture that are similar to the cabinet that's below the mirror. It looks and feels like thick, rough-sawn lumber, but if you open a door and look at the holes where the latches and hinges are, you can see it's a thick veneer over particle board. This stuff probably cost about a bazillion dollars, and it's still just glorified Ikea furniture.

We hung another piece today that I didn't get pics of...it was a National Geographic map of the world, framed and mounted on what felt like 3/4" ply. It was about 12' x 8' and I'm guessing it weighed 180 to 200 pounds. 'Twas a beast, I tell ya.

And to top it off, I broke the middle toe on my left foot while we were there. I was working in my stocking feet (so as not to mar the new wood floors), and I accidentally kicked the leg of a sofa. Every once in a while, an owner (or in this case, a designer) will request that we remove our shoes or wear fabric booties over our shoes. I shoulda worn my booties, but it was simpler to just take off my shoes. The toe got more and more painful as the day went on, and now it's hurting like a big dog and turning a whole rainbow of colors.

While I'm posting pics, here's a shot I took at another house today. This is a wall that Perry (my boss) has been adding to for a couple of years. (We hung six more pieces today.) This shot only shows about 2/3 of the total on this wall. The faces have been blurred for anonymity.

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