In Vancouver BC there are very few hardwood vendors and cherry is currently running about $6.50 a board foot. The project I am planning is this one which calls for about a 100 board feet (15% extra) or in other words $650. (no tax)
http://www.woodsmith.com/plans/classic-cherry-bed/
Now for comparison - this almost identical bed from a local Canadian retailer is asking a mere $500 ($300 at one of their clearance stores elsewhere in the country)
http://www1.thebrick.com/brickb2c/js...ump&navCount=0
So my question is this - on the whole do people here at the Creek almost always pay more for their own furniture versus bought furniture? As the title of my post implies, I put it to you that we do this for fun of the hobby, not for economic reasons, or am I wrong here in my assumption? Am I correct to assume that bought will always be cheaper than home made?