You can build a table out of rough sawn planks for cheap today. It's just going to cost as much labor and material as something much better from IKEA. 150+ yea

You can build a table out of rough sawn planks for cheap today. It's just going to cost as much labor and material as something much better from IKEA. 150+ years ago life was different and spending a week planing a tabletop was not a waste of time.