Want to build a round farmhouse table without a full woodworking shop? In this video, I show you how to make a sturdy 6-foot round table using only standard 2x4s and 2x6s—no fancy tools, no complex ...

Opposite the table is a New York streetscape, one of a few paintings in the apartment by Mr. Peck’s father, Sam Peck, an amateur artist. “I grew up staring at them, and I asked him if I could ...