After the crate opens

“We asked for a table our kids would argue over in forty years. What arrived is closer to a landform. Dinner guests trace the river before they sit down, every time.”

“Two Headwater rails have survived a year of service — pint glasses, citrus, closing-time wipe-downs. The finish still reads like the day they were installed. Customers ask about the navy channel weekly.”

“The burl looked almost too wild in photos. In the room it settles everything around it. The amber pools catch the fire at night — we turned the sofa to face the table, not the view.”