Alright, back to the table top. I used dowels, glue, and screws to attach the boards together.

The self-centering doweling jig worked out really well. Except for one hole that I drilled in the wrong spot. This wasn't my only mistake, but this one was easily fixable:



I used a Kreg pocket hole jig to drill pocket holes. I think I used 9 dowels and 10 screws on each board:



The table top is now almost complete, I just need to add the breadboards:



I attached the breadboards the same way, dowels, glue, and screws. Unfortunately, I drilled one pocket hole on the top instead of the bottom



After a lot of sanding, I'm still no where near finished with the top. I plan on staining the top a dark brown. The color that Mrs. Sharpienads and I picked out was Espresso. It was between that and Jacobean, and since I have no idea what a Jacobean is, I chose Espresso.



The apron and legs are painted courtesy of Mrs. Sharpienads:



Man, this has been a lot of work. I've been working on this in my free time for about 3 weeks now. I'm really just kinda making it up as I go, since I wouldn't even qualify myself as an amateur woodworker. But I've been happy with the results so far. It's turning out to be a little more "rustic" than I originally planned, but Mrs. Sharpienads says she likes the rustic look. I need to finish prepping the top for staining and then assemble the entire thing. I ordered some figure 8 fasteners to attach the top to the apron.