It's easy to get romantic about woodworking—little ribbons of poplar curling from the plane, sunlight glinting off the chisel's steel, the silence, the scent—but the spirit of the endeavor is function ...
Rich Gady, 66, estimates he built and detailed 60 percent of the wooden furniture in the Lakewood home he shares with his wife, Deb, 62, and their 8-month-old border collie mix, Lexie. Every one of ...