Someone is calling Ty Pennington because we suddenly feel the urge for an extreme home makeover after seeing Zane Phillips in this stunning new photoshoot.

Perhaps sensing the collective concern over the upcoming midterm elections this week, the handsome Legacies and Fire Islands star helped quell our worst Sunday angst as he shared a series of new photos by photographer Raphaël Chatelain this weekend.

In paint-covered trousers and surrounded by bags of mortar, Phillips conveys a very dope vibe, very DIY. But if the star really “does it himself”, then we will help voluntarily!

What can we say, he looks ready to get to work! And considering Phillips posted the pics just days after Disney’s planned live-action Hercules was back in the news, maybe he just wanted to remind us that he’s more than capable of slipping into the chiseled demigod’s sandals Hatch.

Related: ‘Fire Island’ Hunk Zane Phillips Wants to Play Hercules, So What’s the Delay, Disney?

The Internet, for its part, loses it over the spread. Even the Instagram comments section is a sight to behold, with a true who’s who of gay hunks chiming in to make their thirsty puns. “Plast me,” jokes Phillips’ Fire Island co-star Nick Adams. “Hello sir, I have some putty for you,” adds Vaughn Vreeland, a New York Times chef personality.

And Broadway star Andrew Keenan-Bolger is all of us with his comment: “Suddenly great interest in apartment renovations.”

Of course, these photos made their way to Twitter, where people are just as rabid. For example:

I think Zane Phillips could be the most beautiful person who ever walked the earth.

— Lee Jordan (@Beelenzies) November 7, 2022

Hey @zanityfair if you are reading this I am free Saturday night and would like to hang out with me please reply if you would like to hang out with me on Saturday night when I am free https://t.co/q0ITIGk9p5

— Jensen from Dodge City (@petworthot) November 7, 2022

And while we certainly appreciate the momentary pause from *movements* of everything, we also love that Phillips knows there are far more important things to do. Taking to his Instagram Story, the actor shared an Out magazine article about the photoshoot – one with the caption that says he “wants you to see him sweat” – and delightfully added, “Okay lol but actually I just want you to vote.”

That’s right Zane! Use this platform – and all this attention – to get gay people to the polls!

Speaking of which, while you’re here to check out the shirtless photos, can we interest you in this article about the queer community fighting for their voice in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home district? Or how about finding out about all the LGBTQ people running for office this year? or guess what? Check out the excellent coverage of the 2022 election from our colleagues at LGBTQ Nation.

And most importantly, don’t forget to vote on Tuesday 8 November – our future depends on it!

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Somebody call Ty Pennington because we have the sudden urge for an Extreme Home Makeover after seeing Zane Phillips in this jaw-dropping new photoshoot.

Perhaps sensing the collective anxiety around this week’s upcoming midterm elections, the hunky Legacies and Fire Island star helped quell the worst of our Sunday scaries when he shared a series of new photos this weekend from photographer Raphaël Chatelain.

Donning paint-covered slacks and surrounded by bags of mortar, the vibe Phillips is giving is very much home renovation, very DIY. But if the star is really “doing it himself,” then we’ll volunteer to swing by a lend a hand!

What can we say, he looks ready to get to work! And, considering Phillips posted the pics just a few days after Disney’s planned live-action Hercules was in the news again, maybe he just wanted to remind us all that he’s more than capable of stepping into the sandals of the chiseled demigod.

Related: ‘Fire Island’ hunk Zane Phillips is down to play Hercules, so what’s the hold-up, Disney?

The internet, for its part, is losing it over the spread. Even the Instagram comments section is a sight to behold, with a veritable who’s who of gay hunks chiming in to make their thirsty puns. “Plaster me,” jokes Phillips’ Fire Island co-star Nick Adams. “Hello sir I have some spackling for you to attend to,” adds New York Times Cooking personality Vaughn Vreeland.

And Broadway star Andrew Keenan-Bolger is all of us with his comment: “Suddenly deeply interested in home renovations.”

Naturally, these photos have made their way to Twitter, where folks are just as rabid. For example:

I think Zane Phillips might be the most beautiful human being to have ever walked the earth.

— Lee Jordan (@Beelenzies) November 7, 2022

Hey @zanityfair if u are reading this im free Saturday night and would like to hang out please respond if u would like to hang out with me on Saturday night when im free https://t.co/q0ITIGk9p5

— Jensen from Dodge City (@petworthot) November 7, 2022

And while we can certainly appreciate the momentary break from *motions wildly* everything, we also love that Phillips knows there are much more important matters at hand. On his Instagram story, the actor shared an Out magazine piece about the photoshoot—one with a headline that says he “wants you to see him get sweaty”— delightfully adding, “ok lol but actually I just want u to vote.”

That’s right Zane! Use that platform—and all this attention—to get the gays to the polls!

Speaking of, while you’re here to gawk at the shirtless photos, can we interest you in this piece on the queer community fighting for their voice in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home district? Or, how about reading up on all of the LGBTQ folks running for office this year? Or, you know what? Go check out all of the excellent Election 2022 coverage from our colleagues over at LGBTQ Nation.

And most importantly: Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, November 8 — our futures depend on it!

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“When you think of San Francisco, what do you think of? The Golden Gate Bridge, right? Or you might think of the Transamerica Pyramid,” says artisan Lorna Kollmeyer.

“But then you think of the Victorians. San Francisco is just the motherlode of Victorian architecture. People come from far and wide to see them. It’s just one of the biggest identities of our city.”

Once, shops dedicated to crafting the delicate, intricate scrolls, rosettes, cartouches, and plaques that bejewel the painted ladies were strewn throughout SF. Today, just one remains, Lorna Kollmeyer Ornamental Plaster. It is the last existing repository of the city’s unique decorative elements, a historical archive almost four decades in the making.

On April 30th and May 1st, Kollmeyer’s shop, along with more than 100 other artist and craftsperson studios at Hunters Point Shipyard, will be open to the public.

A collection of Victorian rosette molds in Kollmeyer’s Hunters Point studio.(Courtesy of @lornakollmeyer)

SF’s Victorian architecture and ornamentation is completely different from that found on the East Coast. It’s flamboyant, even “garish,” explains Kollmeyer. The structures include big floral elements and life-size fruit, images of Egyptian pharaohs and Greek warriors. Somewhere around 60 to 70 percent of all this can be found in Kollmeyer’s archives.

“It’s a culmination of the custom work that we have done over the past 39 years,” she says. “When homeowners and people who have been working on their Victorians bring things to us that are rotting off the building or that need to be replaced, we take the piece, take the paint off of it, repair it, and make a mold of it . Then the molds that we make we keep in the archive.”

Serving as the guardian of San Francisco’s Victorians wasn’t something Kollmeyer dreamed of. An all-American college basketball star who spent time playing professionally in France, she assumed that her career path wouldn’t veer far from the court. But a summer spent with friends in the Bay Area ignited her love for the beauty of the city and began to redefine her future.

For a couple of years, Kollmeyer worked organizing athletic events like Bay to Breakers and coaching basketball at Balboa High School and the JCC. She subsidized her rent with odd carpentry jobs and served as a “gal Friday” for a couple, Peter and Helene Marchant, who restored and flipped neglected Victorians. Then one day, Marchant turned to her and asked, “Do you know anyone who wants to buy a plaster business?”

“I thought this is pretty cool,” she says remembers. “I’ll do it.”

From the archives: Kollmeyer restored the facade of this Forest Hill home by architect Louis Sullivan, which included dozens of plaques in the overhanging eaves and entry surround.(Courtesy of @lornakollmeyer)

It wasn’t long after she took over that Kollmeyer dove head first into a restoration project at the Majestic Hotel on the corner of Sutter and Gough. She put in what she felt was an enormous $23,000 bid to complete the project, only finding out later that her offer was almost $30,000 less than her closest competitor. Kollmeyer got the job. In 1984, she moved into her first studio at Hunters Point. Her rent was just $148 a month.

Back then, there were a number of businesses in SF with the expertise Kollmeyer was honing. Now, her shop is the last one standing.

Lorna Kollmeyer Ornamental Plaster is still housed at Hunters Point Shipyard (though in a much larger space than when she first started out) and, despite threats of redevelopment, not a whole lot has changed there over the last 40 years, she says. The Shipyard is one of the last affordable bastions for artists and craftspeople in the city limits—but no one knows for how long.

“The sword of Damocles gets lowered and raised,” says Kollmeyer, while the property owners and the city decide the Shipyard’s fate. “Our buildings right now are in limbo, we’ve been slated for demolition. Now they’re probably going to be here for another 10 or 15 or 20 years, but the windows are breaking out and the roofs leak and it’s like, hey man, we need some help out here! We’re trying to raise a flag and say look, these kinds of businesses out here, there’s just no way they could afford a tripling or quadrupling of rent.”

Because if Lorna Kollmeyer Ornamental Plaster gets priced out, so too does the last remaining collection of San Francisco’s Victorian ornaments, a deep irony for a city whose architectural identity is rooted in those historic buildings.

Kollmeyer belongs to Artistic License, a guild of artisans all “doing right by” the city’s Victorians, but as the group ages, “we’re on the verge of losing this incredibly valuable brain trust,” she explains. Those at the Shipyard have a pipe dream of turning the property into a historic arts vocational center that educates and trains a new generation of craftspeople to protect SF’s architectural heritage. Until that happens, says Kollmeyer, that great responsibility, at least in the plaster ornament department, falls to her and her invaluable partners, Mike Dyar and Amy Firman.

Maintaining the Victorian architecture “is a link to this fantastic, impractical, eccentric identity that San Francisco has,” says Kollmeyer. “Our survival is going to be a win-win for everybody.”

// Lorna Kollmeyer Ornamental Plaster, 451 Galvez Ave (Bayview/Hunters Point), lornakollmeyer.com; Hunters Point Shipyard Open Studios is 11am to 6pm, April 30 and May 1, shipyardartists.com.

Kollmeyer with her team, Mike Dyar and Amy Firman, in their studio and archive of San Francisco’s Victorian ornaments at Hunters Point Shipyard Artists studios.(Jonathan Prewitt)

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