I, too, prefer working in the wood for relaxation. My preference is to "remake" stuff. I have an end table that was once two dining room chairs. I once converted a wooden futon frame into a stairway gate for my grandchildren. Right now I am making a poor man's high boy. The legs are what remains of those two dining room chairs, the base is from an old end table, the cabinet is hand made, and the drawers came from a cast off computer desk (my son found those in a dumpster).