Inspired by my sister Jen and my brother Reed who can build anything, I've been really wanting to develop that skill for myself. So I put Arthur to work building us a farm table. ;) Ha! I helped!! I've been pouring over Shanty 2 Chic's free woodworking plans for the last year trying to work up the courage to try new things. Well eventually I got Arthur on board and we found a table that we liked. We spent about $250 on lumber for the table and the benches and built this table together! I left the hard parts to Arthur because we have different ideas about what perfect looks like. I like things to be a little bit messed up--scuffed, edges not quite even, surfaces not quite flush, but Arthur is a perfectionist and got the top of the table beautifully smooth, which is great for puzzles and games and eating and writing--basically all the things you use a table for! It turned out awesome and we got it done in time for Thanksgiving! The benches came later, in time for New Years. And we've been making great memories around this beauty every day since then! So excited for this new skill.
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