September 18th Update

Here's a list of work both recent and soon-to-occur at the Coffeehouse.

Last two weeks of work

  • Completed installing trim and panel walls on second floor
  • Completed plaster in west stair passage, all the second floor rooms and porch ceiling
  • Installed five doors in north room and west passage
  • Began final coat of paint in southeast room
  • Continued making hardware offsite
  • Cellar window sashes shipped to England to install leaded glass
  • Completed work on corner cupboard offsite
  • Began installing hardware for first floor doors, locks, etc...
  • Began work on the post and rails for new east courtyard fence
  • Closed-in of dumbwaiter at bar
  • Installed shelving on south wall of exhibition kitchen
  • Installed pre-painted window sashes in southeast room

Next two weeks of scheduled work

  • Conduct a thorough cleanup inside now that plastering is complete, and continue daily cleanup as necessary
  • Finish painting in SE room
  • Apply whitewash to second floor rooms and west stair passage
  • Begin painting trim on second floor and west stair passage
  • Install window sashes in north room, stair passages and second floor
  • Install doors for second floor rooms
  • Install shutters on front elevation windows
  • Close-in dumbwaiter shaft in cellar
  • Continue making hardware off-site
  • Begin building the dresser for cellar kitchen off-site
  • Complete boxes for cellar kitchen to conceal ducts
  • Complete making posts and rails for east courtyard fence and begin making the pales

Photos by Peter Inker

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