I'm in between here- personally, I simply don't have a garage to do woodworking/good painting or i'd likely design and build my own candy clones or be lazy and go with kraylix... The product is pretty simple, with the most complicated part being finishing it, and technically that doesn't HAVE to happen right away.
Remember, it's basically constructed like a slightly more complicated IKEA desk.
That being said, I really do like metal and fiberglass in my cabs over MDF and the like.
But getting into the hobby, it's not common to have the money to plonk down on a Vewlix or New Net City, and you make do with in-betweens.
I'm looking to sell off my NAC's at some point and move to Vewlixes or something entirely custom .. but this is mostly because I didn't see myself investing 100% in JVS when I got them.