Jeremiah had left the uneven bark edge—sanded down to remove the bark and reveal the worm tracks beneath—on the desktop, the front edge of the shelves, the outside edges of the trim pieces for the windows and door, and the inside edges of the cabinet doors. The desk would have log legs on the front side with the back mounted to the walls, and along with the bark edges, they would make the whole thing eye-pleasingly rustic and one-of-a-kind.
He was one hell of a craftsman.
“Where did you learn to do all this?” she asked.
“My grandparents owned a construction company in Devyn, remember?”
“Yeah, that explains the office itself… but what about this?”
“Dad and Grandpa were also pretty gifted at building furniture. I didn’t think I’d picked up much of that before they died, but I guess I di
