Ned
Husband
I love woodworking.
Woodworking hit my radar when I got married. My father-in-law was a woodworker and when I realized that much of the furniture in his house came out of his wood shop, I knew I wanted to learn this trade. So in 2009, Hannah bought me a 10″ miter saw (which I still have today) and my in-laws bought me a power tool kit (drill, circular saw, reciprocating saw).
I knew right away that I needed to build a workbench. Knowing next to nothing about building/making, I just started cutting and assembling. I built my first project out of an old bathroom vanity recovered from a remodeling project and attached a piece of plywood to the top. To me, this was a masterpiece.
Looking back, it was embarrassing. From day one and still through today, my biggest hindrance to starting a project is the thought, “What if I fail?” or “I don’t know how to make _______.” But looking back, I know that I didn’t know how to make a workbench but I still made one. Bottom line is, if you can think it, you can make it. This rings true for me to this day.