subject: Woodworking For Your Home That Might Turn Into Future Heirlooms [print this page] Woodworking has been a tradition in my family as well as helping us to stay close through the years. Many of these are pretty simple wood pieces and some are much nicer and more difficult to make. And my family is not unique in this as at least some wood working has been an significant part of many families.
Working on a wood project can be a lot of fun and be a great addition to your home. And most woodworkers make use of their abilities in the woodworking shop to make gifts. These can be extremely special being from a loved one and can be a lasting family memory. We are very blessed with many such special gifts ourselves.
Our home is filled with family heirlooms that hold wonderful significance and great memories. Most of these are hand-built woodworking pieces. Our breakfast room table was built by my brother-in-law and I, back before he was my brother-in-law! I planned and built our home with a lot of help, especially my father. My wife has done a great job decorating it (Maybe I can get her to build a web site showing it one day).
Hanging on the walls are paintings done by my mother, my wife, and some other special people. And, oh, the many portraits of our babies! And pictures of them as they have grown-up placed along the hall as well as many other special places. We also have, like a lot of you I'm sure, our children's "projects" framed and hung up for all to see.
Our home also contains a lot of very special hand-built wood pieces from my wife's father and grandfather. Desks and Hope Chest's that are so very "fine built" that you could not believe them to be built by an individual small woodworker these days. They have become works of art in themselves. The amount of time and pains-taking detail are an incredible labor of love.
And it goes on with a lot more treasures, many of wood and some not. I hope you will see your upcoming wood project as what it might be - a family heirloom for generations to come.
