Wow, it's been a little while since I did any home improvement -- Shannon and I have been out of town for two straight weekends, and we have long-anticipated visitors this weekend, so our plates have been a little full! But that also means that I've got a bunch of projects on-deck, including something a little ambitious for me: building a new wraparound desk into our wee little study. I've been playing around with designs in Illustrator for the past few days, and I figure I'll have my materials list ready in a few more and then get down to brass tacks (or wood ledger boards!).

In the mean time, I feel like Kevin Kelly has been rocking it with simplicity over at Cool Tools, with the speed square on Wednesday and the magnetic drive guide on Monday. (My confession: after his post on Monday, I bought that magnetic drive guide, had it shipped via Amazon Prime, and have used it a half-dozen times already. I honestly have no idea how I've lived without it for this past ten to twenty years of using a power drill.)