Making the cabinet...


 Yesterday I showed the cabinet my husband made for me and how I filled it with family treasures HERE. So today, I wanted to share how he made "something from nothing" using a tree, reclaimed and scrap wood. 
He was really excited when I talked to him about making it for me until I told him I wanted to use the walnut tree my dad had cut and had milled into rough boards. These boards had been sitting in my dad's garage for at least 20 years. That means they were warped, dry and not that easy to work with. Did I mention my husband is patient and a perfectionist? 



He first designed the cabinet based on an old rule of proportion called the "Golden Ratio." 

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