Christmas gift footstool #1: Planing the rough wood and shaping the legs...
Well, two years ago my brother-in-law had decided Christmas was too commercial, so he insisted that we all make each others’ gifts the following year. We all had a good laugh and forgot about it. Come last November, the topic resurfaced in the form of a “reminder.” Apparently, they had been working on our gifts all last year. So while we received a very nicely oak-framed stone mosaic mirror, we returned a repurposed pillow that my wife had embroidered for someone else. I took lots of hours, and looked great, but we felt we had shortchanged my sister and her husband. So we insisted we try it one more year. My wife has stitched 2 panels (essentially small tapestry-l...
