The recipe included pimentos, wine and lemon I believe and it said to serve on pastry corners (or something) or toast

I have a wine barrow that I want to cut for a planter box but I dont want to ruin it by cutting it with the wrong tool.How would you suggest I cut it without ruining it? And will it splinter up after cutting?

"The lyric poet may drink wine and live generously, but the epic poet, he who shall sing of the God’s and their descent unto men must drink water out of a wooden bowl. For poetry is not devil’s wine, but God’s wine."

I will snip you out of the barbwire;
I will dress your wound.
I will pull you from the quagmire;
I will lift you to the bonnie doons;
I will pour for you my brandy;
I will put flowers in your hair.
I will fly in gourmet candy,
and fill that place T’was bare
.I will swirl for you the winds of time;
and raise my glass to you; my wine.
alas! Do not ask "why the bells do chime"
you will return to the wire and sacrificial swine!
all in your own time…all in your own…due time

Ok I have painted my living room this "Garden Paradise" color and a wood cask, what color funrniture would look good in here? would it be Cherry Oak or something different?
Also I have done my kitchen slate grey and Kitchen Aid (Red) color for the cubards and trim, looks good ( I have all red kitchen aid..so I wanted it to look good, what decor shall I put on my walls? also my dinning room is wine ( deep colors ) I have yet to buy funrniture for any of these rooms, sold everything when I left California..to move to the east, so any help will do thanks.