Hello! I'm handy, but a complete carpentry noob (I own a drill, circular saw and a cheap set of chisels). Nevertheless, I'd like to build a modern farmhouse table for my wife's birthday. Can anyone review my proof-of-concept? See below. I'm concerned about wobble and the table falling apart in...

I picked up 5 of these oak chairs in various stages of disrepair for $5.00. Some of the seats which were built using tongue and groove joints rather than one solid piece had to be glued again. I dissassembled them, sanded them down, re assembled with glue, finished off with finer grit sand paper...

My wife is a pinterest guru, and found plans for this table at http://ana-white.com/2009/12/plans-farmhouse-table-knock-off-of.html We just moved and actually have space for this now. We haven't had a formal dinning room table in 3 years...so I figured I'd go all out and build a table for our...