Weekend crafts: do you prefer building from scratch or upcycling old stuff?

I’ve spent entire afternoons just trying to figure out how someone managed to attach a piece of trim with five different types of screws... and then you find out half of them are stripped. Makes you question your life choices.

That’s the truth. I once tried upcycling an old barn door into a coffee table—spent more time pulling out bent nails than actually building anything. On the flip side, building new always looks easier in your head than it is on the workbench. Warped wood, weird measurements... Murphy’s Law kicks in either way. But man, when it finally looks right, all that mess feels worth it for a bit.

Honestly, half the time I think upcycling is just a fancy word for “undoing someone else’s questionable decisions.” New builds have their headaches, but at least you know what you’re dealing with. Still, there’s something satisfying about making old junk work... when it actually works.