[wideminded]

>>Okay, who here has turned one of those into a coffee table<<

In college. It was pretty nice. I sanded the heck out of it and put like 5 coats of lacquer.

I read a book a long time ago by a woman who criticized men with makeshift furniture and she specifically mentioned the example of using a giant spool for a table.

[freedumb2003]

>>I read a book a long time ago by a woman who criticized men with makeshift furniture and she specifically mentioned the example of using a giant spool for a table.<<

>>If there is one thing that builds character it is going through a time being semi-broke with your first apartment. Homemade and garage-sale furniture (spools, milk crates, etc.), ramen noodles, generic brand beer.

All those things teach value of a dollar, frugality, budgeting and so many other lessons.

From what I can tell, these lessons have skipped both Gen X and Millennials.