#15 Handcrafted Furniture

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I built my youngest son a new dresser this week. That would be a lot more impressive if the dresser hadn’t come from the local discount store in packaging that resembled an oversize pizza box. With a little luck and some caution, it won’t actually collapse and bury him in a flash-flood of rumpled clothes.

At least it was cheap.

According to the label, my ninety-nine dollar investment bought me the Hearthwood Heirloom Chest of DrawersThe inside of the box was a different story. The construction material evidently came from the finest pressed-board forests of Europe.

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