The first thing I did!
The very first thing that I did was the Roubo Book Stand that Roy Underhill showed how to do on one of the episodes of The Wood Wrights Shop! It turned out really well, but you have to pay attention to how and where you do the chisel work for the hinge! All in all it is a great starter project to start doing something that you can do with just hand tools and actually get it done in a after noon or two.
Mike T