She cleared the salt shaker and the sugar bowl off the small pine table in the corner.

From the bottom shelf of her supply closet, she pulled out her yellowed sketchbook, its cardboard cover worn thin at the corners.

She laid the book flat on the wooden table and unrolled the top pages she had worked on for three months.

The detailed graphite drawing showed a low oak desk with hand-turned legs and hidden side drawers.

She had drawn every joint, every brass hinge, and every interior support measurement by hand under the kitchen lamp.

It was the prototype design she had planned to build for their first commercial showroom.