Woodworker's Journal

Wellens Creates Tables Made for TV

After Dan Wellens sold his first table on Craigslist, things “kind of snowballed,” he says. The proprietor of Country Tables is now an HGTV cast member and a spokesperson for the International Woodworking Fair (IWF).

In the past decade, Dan has built about 5,700 tables. At one point, he had four employees, but “I hated it. It just wasn’t fun anymore,” he says. Now, “It’s back to me and my

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