When I first started on this project my only goal was to make a decent coffee table for my niece that was about to get married.  When you first get married most of your furniture is handy-downs, from the Goodwill store or some cheap import from Wal-Mart.  So I got to thinking, instead of just making something decent, let’s go for something nice.  Something that will last through those early years and be of a nice enough design that she wouldn’t mind keeping it around for a few years.  So I started sketching.