DIY – How To Build Your Own Oak Home Bar

IF I CAN DO IT… anyone can. Sure, I’m a guy who works with my hands… on a computer keyboard! I write novels, I don’t build furniture, and never thought I’d attempt a big Chicago rail oak home bar. But sometimes, circumstance, bravery (or foolishness) collide. So I am writing this blog to hopefully show that if you want it bad enough… you can build it.  I documented most of my steps along the way…

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A SIREN, a Brick Path and a Shed…

ON FEBRUARY 2, 2009, I started writing my fourth novel, Siren, in my usual “writing night” haunt at Rizzo’s in Naperville, IL. Six months later, on August 3rd, I finished the final chapter in my usual spot – booth #11 – at Rizzo’s.  In between were many writing nights at Rizzo’s, as well as many early 6 a.m. mornings writing  in my home office before heading to work, and late nights in a candle-lit basement, with…

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