The solid oak desk I was saving was nearly worthless, but at least I can get rid of it now.
I had a big oak desk taking up a whole corner of my garage for three or four years. I got it from my brother, who inherited it from our mom. For years I've been stressing out about what to do with it; it's kind fo beat up but I always thought it was a really expensive desk and it held a bit of sentimental value, so I was loathed to get rid of it. Also, it's like 1000lb, and hauling it away would be a huge pain.
Finally, I decided to salvage the top of the desk and use it as a nice solid worktable (the desk is all beat up, but solid wood that size can be worth hundreds of dollars). Today, I finally got around to breaking down that desk into pieces... and it turns out it wasn't solid wood. It was laminated particle board. The lamination actually makes it worse for reuse cus it'll just flake off under heavy use. So I've stopped parking my car in the garage, stressed out, and wasted all that space just to save a useless piece of wood that I could have made new for like $100 in parts at Lowes.
I feel like an idiot, but at least I'll have my garage back.