Thank you all for your replies. Alison, this is exactly what I had in mind. Ikea here has an As Is section so I will go and browse for an inexpensive table top to massacre. I have plenty of doweling remnants and all the tools so I think I am set. Thank you very much and happy Thanksgiving from a fellow Canuck living in the US. Ikea knock off, really? Now I've heard everything. LOL.
