by David Dunmoyer
November 28, 2024 - I recently built a coffee table. This was my first foray into woodworking, so the table is far from perfect - with slight asymmetries and an uneven finish. A level would tell me it misses the mark of an IKEA table’s engineered flatness. But if you’ve ever built something with your hands as a hobbyist, you would know my reaction looking at this table in satisfactory triumph - “Who cares?”