2nd September 2017
It is no good, I need to clear the garage out so I can start my projects. This is a task easier said than done.
The build up of returned stuff from Kelli’s spaces, mixed with the work in progress, and things to do were all thrown together.
Like a clever three-dimensional game, each item seemed connected to the others, so if one thing fell, many did in sympathy.
With patience, I eventually sorted everything into piles on the driveway.
My organisational mind slowly became content as things began to make sense.
Once the garage was cleared of the junk, the extent of the work I had to do, to turn old furniture into saleable product hit me hard.
One cabinet caught my eye, it was a Chinese style unit painted bright red, I was excited at the prospect of working on that, until I saw the condition it was in. The sides and back had suffered badly from water damage (this seems to be a common problem, and why, I expect Kelli gets so much of them)
A quick assessment showed that the only usable parts were the drawer and door. Everything else would need replacing.
This is the careful balance between spending too much money bringing things back from the dead and letting it go. However, I don’t have much sense, and I like to see if I have the skill required to make it good. I have the material, and my time is cheap.
“P.S Pete, this is a hopeless case, you really should just burn the bloody thing”
Looking at my stock of timber, I decided to purchase a machine to plane and thickness the wood into usable material. So a quick trip to Lowes, my favourite DIY supplier.
It is definitely a Man’s toy shop, I spend many hours, making lists of new tools and materials for the jobs over the years.
It was bloody heavy, and it strained the “greens” getting it into the truck, but like a kid with a new toy, couldn’t wait to try it out.
Another Lifetime to go 