Following my
woodworking journey

I wasn’t done building my Gibson Firebird V table from reclaimed white oak that I knew I wanted to build another table. My mother-in-law really liked the first table I built so I thought I’d make one for her to bring to the cottage and enjoy.

This has been a relatively long-term project, but it’s base is interesting. I have to admit it, I got lucky. My girlfriend found someone who was giving away some white oak stairs and balusters; they had been in storage for a while, and they’re dry, so I thought I’d make something like a table and maybe prepare it for some future projects.

Over the weekend, I thought I’d make a little something for my girlfriend. While at it, I thought I’d try to make some tenon and mortises — or whatever this turned out to be.

We moved into our first house on my birthday in 2019, and in 2020, we celebrated with a small group of people both our home and my birthday. We played a few games outside but I quickly noticed we needed small tables to put down our drinks while playing certain games. I found a few wood pallets and thought this was a great opportunity to create something useful at a very low cost.