I know that there is a TON of talent out there among you Janes and I would love to see your carpentry projects. I'll start off with a few of mine.

I wanted to make a dresser, but something fun and VERY girly! My favorite thing to do is to sketch out a design and then try to build to match it. But the reason I like working with wood so much is that it's very forgiving. Many of my designs come out of making mistakes and just going with them. I made the drawer fronts the wrong size, so instead of starting over, I just added some funky jut-out trim surrounds. Then liking the texture that I was creating, I added another layer to the top drawers to create depth. Finally, I used a Dremel to finish off the detail by 'routing' out a swirl design on the cabinet base.

Here's one of my walking bug tables. My boys needed a low table for the art center I created for them, so rather than a square table, I put my jigsaw to work and cut out a funky, curvy shape and then made the legs with copper pipe tht I bent on a pipe-bender. A bit of paint, and a lot of fun!

I'd love to see some of your creations, post your projects here!