I used standard wooden forklift pallets in college and for years afterwards. I scrounged them somewhere. Not beautiful but free or cheap, and pre-made. Also, d

I used standard wooden forklift pallets in college and for years afterwards. I scrounged them somewhere. Not beautiful but free or cheap, and pre-made. Also, dense cinderblocks make excellent speaker stands. I don't enjoy my middle-aged 'grown up' furniture any more than I enjoyed that stuff.