Are you a do-it-yourselfer?

I just bought everything I’d need to re-paint a couple of small tables. It cost about as much as buying news ones, but I loved the idea of recycling them, and also the therapeutic aspect of painting them myself, both for the labour (scraping, sanding and painting) and for the satisfaction. I don’t do this very often. When do you do it yourself, and when do you buy? Any good examples of furniture you’ve refurbished, re-painted or repaired?