Custom galvanized steel tops for vintage the Steelcase desks.

Custom galvanized steel tops for vintage the Steelcase desks.

Sicis Metalismo tile behind raw honed slate counter in men's room.

Sicis Metalismo tile behind raw honed slate counter in men's room.

Sicis Metalismo tile behind raw honed slate counter in men's room.

Vintage Steelcase desks purchased from a shut down Upstate hospital through CooCooU. These are all going to be electro-static painetd in a white / greyish color to match the flooring.

Vintage Steelcase desks purchased from a shut down Upstate hospital through CooCooU. These are all going to be electro-static painetd in a white / greyish color to match the flooring.

Vintage Steelcase desks purchased from a shut down Upstate hospital through CooCooU. These are all going to be electro-static painetd in a white / greyish color to match the flooring.

Close up of new floor: Antico Cadore Larice Biancato. (Whitened Larch by Antico Cadore)

First rows of flooring being installed over cork.

Close up of flooring's transition to beams.

Close up of recovered windows in place.

Recovered windows in screen between the bar and the restrooms.

Pops' office with the recovered windows in place.

Pops' office with the recovered windows in place.

Replacing the windows recovered from the initial construction.

Prepping the sub floor with rolled plastic and 3/4" ply wood.

Prepping the sub floor with rolled plastic and 3/4" ply wood.

Prepping the sub floor with rolled plastic and 3/4" ply wood.

Prepping the sub floor with rolled plastic and 3/4" ply wood.

Light turned off.

Kohler bowl to match ladies room backsplash color.

Ladies room backsplash color to match Kohler bowl.

Heating ducts being hung.

New lights hung :)

The Annex By Night

I took these pictures Thursday 01.19.2006 just before night set in. The sky was an interesting sort of wintery, deep blue color that night which played out well in these photos.


View towards the warehouse from the conference room / bar partition.

Inspecting the new glass overhead door.

Another view towards the warehouse from the conference room / bar partition.

Another view towards the warehouse from the conference room / bar partition.

New sheet rock hung inbetween original 1940's brick columns.

New glass overhead door mounted in position, but without track.

Interesting view of the new custom steel drawer and counter @ the new Bar Garibaldi.

Annex Update 01.18.2006

I took all of these photos on 01.18.2006, and didnt get around to posting them until today. The sheet rock is now almost all hung, and the overhead door is installed and operational.


Birds eye view taken from lofted furnace room.

Jim Caroll Sr. and Brad Wales checking their progress.

Patio progress.

Close up view of old heavy lift crane taken.

New Kohler sink in the future Bar Garibaldi.

New Kohler sink in the future Bar Garibaldi.

Sheet rock progress.

Sheet rock installation began on Tuesday, January 17. A 3 man crew started and was almost finished w/ the hanging phase on Thursday.

Custom made steel drawer in the future Bar Garibaldi.

Drawer in open position, this is the "knocker" drawer for the coffee grinds.

Overhead door workers applying hardware to door segments.

Glass overhead door segment prior to being mounted.

The Annex

Welcome to the Legno Veneto Blog

"The Annex" is the name given to our new offices by our founder and COO Jim Caroll, and architect Brad Wales.

In this first few installments of the Legno Veneto Blog I will document the progress of our new office's construction from its current state (on 01.12.2006) to its completion, and beyond.

Please post comments and let us know what you think!

Best regards,

James J Caroll II

The man with the plan, architect Brad Wales.

Photo of south west exposure taken from Buffalo Hardwood loading dock.

The future patio. The frame is composed of the window frames that ran the length of the top of the original 1940's constructed truck fabricating plant. They are being used throughout the construction.

Close up of front door glass and awning brackets.

This was taken from just left of the front doors to the showroom. The space I was standing in is the future showroom, it will be at the end of the job, once the offices are completed.

Front door and awning brackets.