The framing in its its second week now, and except for the plaster walls (which will have sheetrock skins installed rather than try to repair or remove the existing plaster) it's basically done except for the downstairs back of the 111 side (which is another whole story - every seen a load-bearing door? Well, now I have).
This picture is of what will be my office in the 113 side under the big skylight. The framing for the full-height timber wall shown in the 1908 picture of Mose Weisman in his store 
is now up, and the framers are about to start cutting out the beautiful old 2 x 10 rough-sawn cross-timbers in the "bonus room" up back to expose the peaked roof, which will provide the needed headroom for the space. (We'll reuse them someplace else where they will be visible). That room will be Grayson, Collin & Parker's room where they can do homework and play in the afternoons after school - since this picture was taken their study carrel spaces at the sides have been framed out - we'll figure out details later after the framing is finished and we've set the locations for the necessary utlities.
To orient yourself, here are the common elements in the two pictures - first, the skylight, second, the wooden wall, and third, we placed the door to my bathroom in the same location as the door shown in the photo.
Incidentally, I accidentally discovered last week that the fans shown in the 1908 photo are still available. There are actually four - the front and the far back are Hunter "1886" fans, and the middle two are the traditional Hunter "Original" style. Oddly, I have a Hunter original from our old house in storage (it hasn't changed in over a century, so that one - although probably only from the 1950's, will replicate the middle two (given that we expect to have central heat and air, and the middle of the office is enclosed we're putting one in the middle instead of two). It turns out Hunter also still makes what is shown as their "1886" model, 
so we'll have one in front and a second in far back, hanging over my desk. The original electrical box for it is still there is the ceiling about a foot in front of the new wall if you look closely (because we placed the wall a couple of feet forward of its original location the fan will have to sneak forward a bit as well. It's iron finish with cherrywood-colored blades, and I haven't decided whether to go with two or four blades yet, but it is way beyond cool that it is still available at your friendly neighborhood Home Depot.
