This mother’s day I finally got Tim to help me build a picnic table for our cabin. It was something I had wanted to do for some time, but really needed a bit of help (okay a lot of help) understanding what the plans said, learning how to use the power tools and for some muscle work. Chiseling out the leg notches for instance.
My little helpers were all decked out (thanks to our neighbor) and ready for helping. They lasted about 5 minutes. What interested them more was saving all the bits of wood and gluing them together into different creations.
We used pine wood rather than cedar. Hopefully we won’t regret that in a few years.You can see in this picture the table legs needed a bit of help to keep it from tipping. (Sawing things evenly is not so easy).
After I stained the table (yes, it is bright orange, but so what!) Tim so kindly brought it up to the cabin for us. He took a photo of it in it’s new home. Looks pretty good I think. Careful on the benches as they are a bit rocky, but as far as you know it’s the uneven ground, not the bench!