I was perusing Craigslist for some reclaimed wood and stumbled upon a listing for harvested bowling lane. My wife and I went to take a look and met Tom, the proprietor of Southern Restoration in his Senoia workshop. It took me about ten seconds to realize the dining table I wanted to build would be well outside my capabilities, and we asked Tom if he would be interested in building us a dining room table. Luckily for us, he happily obliged. We quickly agreed upon a price (a completely reasonable one, BTW), and one month later (today) the most lovely table we could have possibly imagined showed up in the back of Tom's truck.
We weren't completely sure of what we wanted to do with the table, but Tom listened to our thoughts, got a sense for the overall aesthetic direction we were looking for, and delivered something beyond what we could have hoped for. On top of it all, he is a super nice guy and easy peasy to work with. read more