All I wanted was a workbench I could beat the shit out of.
A simple workbench. that's it.
Then I decided it had to be on wheels.
Locking wheels.
So I found some plans online for a rolling workbench and modified them to a larger unit.
I built the workbench out of 2 x 4's and 2 x 6's. I put a MDF (particle board) top on it, which is 3/4 inch thick.
It came out nice and sturdy and useful. A nice simple rolling workbench. Fine. All done.
A week later, I decided the top was not thick enough, and that the MDF looked like shit.
So I bought a sheet of 3/4" birch plywood, furniture grade, to put it on top of the MDF, and that made the workbench top 1 1/2 " instead of 3/4"
Then I decided that it looked too plain, so I put about 8 coats of polyurethane on the plywood top.
Then I decided that it looked too rough, so I sanded the holy hell out of the framing lumber and rounded the edges even further than they already were with a sander. Then I still did not like it, so I plugged about 100 screw holes and sanded down the filler.
After looking at it for a day, I still didn't like it, so I bought a quart of primer and a quart of fire engine red floor and porch paint, and painted everything red except for the top.
I still wasn't happy though. I didn't like the exposed edges of the plywood and the MDF, so I special ordered some 1 1/2 inch edge banding and applied it to the edges. In order to do that, I had to make a mixture of 50% contact adhesive and 50% lacquer thinner to paint on the MDF edge so the edge banding adhesive would stick to it. I had to purchase a quart of each of those materials.
It looked great with the edge banding on, but now I needed to finish the edge banding with something that would not soak through it and destroy the adhesive, so I had to buy a can of spray polyurethane and apply "fog coats" until it was sealed enough to take full spray coats.
Then I decided that it would be nice to have some handles on it, so I bought two huge yellow playground equipment handles, and put one on each end.
Then I decided it would be a damn shame not to protect the beautiful finish on the top, so I bought a workbench mat to protect it.
It was worth it though. The thing looks bad ass.
Total man hours = 3,450.
Total cost = $10, 479.
Oh, it's so nice that it makes the rest of my house look like shit, so I will have to remodel my entire home.
Estimated cost = $159,000.
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As a woodworker friend says.
I like to whine and exaggerate a little.
The casters and the plywood were the most expensive parts, the rest is just cheap framing lumber that I prettied up. 
Love the faucet.
I was sent a cabinet door that had the panels incorrectly configured. I didn't know what to do with the door, so I cut a piece out of the center and rejoined it to make it smaller. I mounted it to my dining room wall with some fake faucets to act as coat hooks. So I made a coat rack out of the door. I had one fake faucet left over, so I sprayed it yellow and put it on the workbench rather than just have it sit in my tool chest forever. Here is a pic of the coat rack:
Even if what ever you remodel looks great, that means that the thing next to the new work looks bad. And on and on and on and on.... 
I laughed out loud for about 5 minutes.
The entire thread had me roaring with laughter. The cherry on top was that you posted actual pictures of the master piece, but not until later in the thread. Perfection!
