For most things, you either buy cheap junk or you pay exorbitant prices for decent or high end quality. So I almost always opt to DIY so that I can get quality or exacting specifications without breaking the bank.
It's probably the result of our K shaped economic recovery as well as PE invading so much of our lives, but I was wondering if anybody else feels this way or is going down the path of DIYing more and more in their everyday life?