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. 
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.
Source: http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24810
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