In the summer I enjoy sitting on our front porch sipping a cool white wine and gazing at the mountains to the south.  I find it a very pleasant way to enjoy a week-end day and avoid the sweltering heat.  We’ve had a table in this spot since we built the house (years ago — 1976) but the table top (top left background) finally gave way to old age as we all will.  I decided to save the table and just build a new top (center in focus). The interesting thing about the new top; I constructed it entirely out of scrap decking material – Epee, a South American Teak substitute that is sustainably produced.  I will never use Epee again for a project like this. It is extremely hard (eats saw blades) and hard to work with, its dust is toxic and it weighs a ton.  That said, the price was right (cost of a bottle of exterior wood glue).