While showing the Solarium room at the Brand Library, City of Glendale Library Administrator Carolyn Flemming talks about the renovations and restoration going on at the landmark library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
With Brand Library Gallery Director Annette Vartanian at left, City of Glendale Library Administrator Carolyn Flemming talks about the renovations and restoration going on at the Skylight Gallery room and throughout the landmark library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
The Brand Library’s Skylight Gallery is being renovated and also being used as storage room for 2/3 of the library’s items in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa /Staff Photographer)
A restoration professional from Spectra recreates ceiling artwork in the Parlor room at the Brand Library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The landmark library is undergoing renovations and restoration that will cost about $9.5 million. The project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
The Brand Library is undergoing renovations and restoration in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
While showing the livingroom at the Brand Library, City of Glendale Library Administrator Carolyn Flemming, second from left, talks about the renovations and restoration going on at the landmark library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. At right is Brand Library Gallery Director Annette Vartanian. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Photos of the decaying ceiling artwork that is being restored at the Brand Library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Artwork being resotred at the Brand Library’s Reading Room, on at the landmark library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Renovations and restoration continue at the Brand Library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Part of the original wall, built with rocks and mortar, will be displayed at the Brand Library’s Green Room after the renovations and restoration are finished at the landmark library in Glendale, shown on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Some of the sketches that were used to restore some of the ceiling artwork at the Brand Library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Parts of different room ceilings were kept as the Brand Library renovations and restoration continue at the landmark library in Glendale on Friday, July 19, 2013. The $9.5 million project began in July 2012 and the library will open in the Spring 2014. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)