So I work at a lumberyard and since we throw away boards and

It should stain up pretty well, from memory Spruce is fairly easy to carve and work with. Outdoor furniture with a decent UV resistant stain and varnish (or even one of the tougher outdoor paints) will even hold up ok to the elements

>>1089080
It's basically construction grade only. Make a shed, a detached garage, a carport, a breezeway etc.

>>1089090
A carport is in the making. But we also carry some "less crap" wood like rough sawn panel boards, flooring and stuff like that, I was thinking about sending them through the planer.

Laminate it together to make a large cube of wood about 10 ft cubed. Then get your chainsaw and hollow it out into a little hobbit hole!

Send some to me!

I dunno. You can think of things that are painted. Once paint is on, it doesn't matter what the wood looks like underneath. Like a painted trellis or something. Or work benches, where appearance doesn't matter.

Sheds and dog houses.

>>1089080
where you at roughly?
i like building

yeah make a bunch of small things like dog houses and then paint and sell them to make some money on the side.

>>1091535
Seconded

I think natural types of finish or non-transparent paints look best with spruce.

Build yourself a workbench!