We grew with overbuilt furniture, trailers, radio masts, gas fittings, plumbing, etc. that my father built. A whole lot of knitted jumpers, wool socks, bed covers, etc. from my mother and the aunts with a freezer full of home cooked meals scaled for shearing teams and put away for later.

Most of that carries on, and we've got good relations with a slew of people that are solid craftspeople who put their best work in galleries for the extra big bucks.

The good stuff is as accessible to us normies as good software is to the HN crowd .. it costs less or nothing if you're in the maker circles swapping food, yarns, and other goods.

FWiW I was a silent partner and occasional assistant in a glass studio / wood shop for two decades, that helps - that was some money (way back when you could get a lot of land for a lot less than today) and a lot of sweat equity modifying buildings and landscaping, etc.