She was looking for a handy wagon to carry tools and chicken feed around the garden. The options available locally were either unattractive or wildly overpriced—premium garden wagons easily go for well above the $1000 mark.

“Can you build something like that?”

Of course.

What followed was an exciting challenge in precision woodworking, a chance to design something both practical and beautiful—and, perhaps most importantly, a perfectly good excuse to buy a few new tools for the workshop. Yay!