Congratulations Aaron AND...
Make sure you get yourself down to the Hay Cabinet shop at Colonial Williamsburg. You should buy an annual pass so that you can spend time with the folks at the carpentry shop too. These folks at the Hay Shop like Mack Headley, Kaare Loftheim, David Livingston and the two musical instrument makers who's name I forget at the minute can teach you a huge amount about woodworking. I realize I'm trying to seduce you to the Neanderthal side and I make no apologies for it. Mack is one of the most skilled workers and teachers I know. His knowledge of the classical proportioning of furniture and its history alone is worth many hours of listening to him. You can't be more than about a 10 minute walk away from them. Talking with and watching them can give you enormous amounts of useful information.
Dave Anderson
Chester, NH