Era Interiors — Journal
Notes on Craft
and Material
Why Eight-Way Hand-Tied Still Matters
Eight-way hand-tied is a spring suspension system in which individual coil springs are set into a webbed base and tied to adjacent springs — and to the frame — using jute or polypropylene cord at eight points: four cardinal directions and four diagonals. Each spring is knotted independently, producing a load-sharing network rather than a rigid grid.
Specifying Millwork for Pre-War New York Apartments
Pre-war New York co-op millwork is not standard residential millwork with taller ceilings. The buildings impose a specific set of constraints — structural, physical, administrative, and environmental — that require adjustment at every stage of the specification process.