Here is the "Great Hall" before we started. It had been split into several rooms for an apartment. This was the living room part.

This is the same original room with the furniture removed. Note the size of the fireplace.

This is the same room, from about the same point of view, with the walls and false ceiling taken out and the floor covered. Note how the original fireplace had been bricked in and made much smaller.

Now the fireplace has been opened back to its huge original size, the hardwood floor replaced and batten strips added to the walls, ready for the new paneling.

Here is the great hall while under construction during the day....

Construction continued almost around the clock, in order to meet the movie deadline.

The giant fireplace mantel was reconstructed in place.

A new limestone hearth was cut and installed to match the original.

All 7,000 new dowel holes were filled, puttied and sanded.

Finishing touches are made on the new reconstructed cove moldings.

Several coats of stain and finish were applied, some by hand.

The new mantel being stained.

Here is the restored Great Hall, before furniture is added.

Our furniture is now starting to be added.

Original draft drawing of fountain from the "Rose Red" movie art department

First, the existing trees and shrubs were removed from the center of the circular driveway.

Then the hole is dug for the bottom and foundation of the fountain.

Rebar is added and final adjustments made before the cement is poured.

The cement is poured, then finished smooth.

The first course of cement block is added.

Three rows of concrete block were then added.

After the block walls are laid with cement, wire mesh is wrapped around the wall.

The block walls are then toweled with two layers of cement.

Solid concrete pavers are cemented on top of the wall and a pattern toweled into the outside wall.

Here is the finished fountain, in the morning mist.