Thanks everyone for the nice comments.
My wife is heavily involved in the conceptual phase of most of my projects. It’s common for me to convert her hand gestures or crude sketches into SketchUp models or, in some cases, prototypes until we arrive at something we both like. It takes awhile sometimes, but we always get there. And I make no final decisions about finishes without creating a few samples.
BB1: I’m glad you find my posts useful. My level of detail is probably excessive for most members here, but I write them the way I do for less experienced members (we’ll eventually have them here) and also for myself. Every project is a learning experience for me, and I often refer to my posts to refresh my memory on how I did certain things.