Peter, they're not utilitarian, they're distressed.

Mark, like I said on facebook, those things are gorgeous. If this is what you can do when you've "never made furniture," I expect the wood equivalent of the Sistine Chapel out of your next project.

My humble shelf is so close to finished, I can taste it. That's not a metaphor, by the way, I got some shellac in my mouth yesterday.

I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!