A Frame Job + Parapet Walls

The living room needs to be cleaned up.

The arch has been proceeding well, but then came to a screeching halt this week. Between Umberto's broken finger, Easter, Pasquetta (Easter Monday), Liberation Day (today) and the fact that Bogden is on vacation, there's been nothing done on it at all. However, prior to this, they were able to accomplish all the steel framing and remove the scaffolding.

Planning the parapet wall

Making progress

All done! Looking into the guest room

Since we had Jimmy, and Umberto is starting to panic about the finish date (which of course we realize fully is at this point completely unrealistic because of a combination of change orders/scope modifications and external events that have affected Umberto's work flow), they did manage to complete the parapet wall replacing the railing above the stairs. Fun note: "parapet" makes more sense when you understand Italian; the word is "parapetto," where "para" = "on one side of" or "next to" and "petto" means chest.

From the dining room

Umberto has also been talking about plaster! Very exciting.

Love,

Alexandra

From the stairs