My wife and I bought a new couch with a matching ottoman about 7-8 years ago. We didn't notice at the time, but the feet were made of plastic. Wasn't a problem with the couch since that doesn't typically move once you set it in place, but the ottoman gets moved around a lot and it wasn't long before one of the feet broke off. Fast forward 5 years and 3 moves later, and 3 of the 4 feet had broken. So I removed the last unbroken foot, saved the screws from all 4 feet, and set it aside for the time being. Around that same time, I decided I wanted to take up woodworking as a hobby. After another couple of years, I had finally accumulated enough tools, knowledge, and "want to" to make new feet for the ottoman using that unbroken foot as a design template. I'm pretty pleased with the results. The hardest part was figuring out how to cut the compound miters without having to reposition the saw blade after every cut.

I finally got my Christmas projects video up and running. These are 5 projects, some of which are rather unique, which I think will sell. If you're still working on stuff for the local Christmastime crafts fairs, this video might be just what you've been looking for. But then, if you're just looking for some Christmas woodworking projects for home, family and gifts, it will work too. I'm giving some of these as gifts.