Here, wood is getting horribly expensive. We might dismantle some things in the buildings someday to re-use the wood. Pallets are available, though. Often for free. Daughter is planning on making a tiny house in our piney woods out of pallets. (because her mean mother said no to her taking the plywood kick walls in the pole building.)
That is a beautiful bench!! My husband does wood working as a hobby. He has built most of our furniture in the house and many other things over the years.
Same here....wood related. Most of the furniture he made is walnut, which is really pretty, but it shows dust so easy.