Longaberger Solarium Fireplace

Jack Oliver, the best guy ever, demonstrating the scale of this piece. big fireplace, very cool.

Yes, the firebox probably is big enough to roast a whole hog in.

Managing fossil-ridden stone is always a challenge. Sometimes you get there to find there is no there there, and then you do the best you can.

A fire always changes the look of a fireplace surround. This cartouche is was planned to look good lit up at night, during a big dance, with a fire in the fireplace. I would have loved to have been able to shoot it during a party. Very big party room.

It took a major crew just to stand up this gallows. The mantle is thirteen fet wide, so you can guess the size of the dolly. And it had to lift and roll and set ever so gently, which it did.