Things have picked up since Jim got back in town - the framers have basically finished the "pony walls" which is the upper level of studs on the original plaster walls, which will support the new drywall walls (we lose a couple of inches by adding a wall but hope to save time by not having to trench the walls for electrical conduit and then patch the plaster. The 1870's plaster on brick walls are pretty crumbly, we've learned). This picture is on the 113 side looking forward from where my desk will be towards the front door. It shows the different colors on the metal ceiling (the light and dark sections are the original paint) and the skylight is above - with the access hatch out you can see the roof framing.
The framers are also finishing up the box ceilings 
on the two conference rooms on the 111 side and will move to the ceiling for the 113 side conference room later today, hopefully. The picture to the left shows what the rooms look like currently from the mezzanine. The mid-size photo shows the same view after demo was complete and before framing for the new offices started, and the smaller photo is approximately the same view back in October before we started work 
(it was taken from about ten feet farther forward - I was actually under the skylight when I took it).
Every time I walk into the store (I have fallen into Louis & Audrey's habit of calling it the "store" - probably won't change to "office" till we move in) I remember the quote that "the middle of every reasonably complex project always looks like a disaster." That comforts me.
