Old passions renewed

When I was growing up my dad and I spent a lot of time together working in the backyard or the garage on different projects. He taught me many things about carpentry, masonry, and every other aspect of construction. I gained an appreciation and passion for tools and hands on projects. Now I am older, married and have the money to get my own tools and do my own projects. The past few months have been fun collecting different tools and making things for my house. I built a padded headboard for our new bed that my wife absolutely loves. I also built a frame for a wall mirror. My wife also loves that I know what I am doing and do not rely on other people to do things for me. I grew up in a house where we do pretty much everything ourselves. Hopefully I will have the money to have the things I want done, but I would still like to maintain my abilities and do most things for myself. Instead of buying a flimsy router table, I designed and built one out of wood and metal. I made some mistakes because I still don't have all the tools I need to reproduce things that my dad and I made together. I need to get back in my groove and eventually plan to have a workshop with everything I need to make great furniture and do every project myself. Currently, I am designing two nightstands to match a dresser that we bought and a covered ottoman with storage capacity for our living room.