17th June 2019
When someone says “ it’s solid wood” I just don’t believe them. Most of the people we deal with haven’t a clue what that means. To them anything that has a woodgrain is real.
We have been caught out often, and even asking a direct question about the material, the answer is often “Wood”.
We agreed to upcycle two pieces of furniture for a recent customer. One was a bookcase, the other was a small desk. They wanted them finished in the same colours as the piece they bought from us previously. This meant the tops would be stripped, stained and finished to match. We gave them a price for doing that, and today was the day they delivered it to us.
The first thing I noticed was several blisters in the top, on closer inspection I found it to be a melamine panel that had water damage.
My enthusiasm waned a bit, as I was looking forward to getting stuck in to it. I explained the problem and we agreed to paint the top and stain the wood edge.
I finished stripping the small dresser. I have decided to call it Jacob as it has coats of many colours. There is brown over red over aqua over white. This will excite Kelli who likes old crusty objects, as well as the furniture, it’s one of the reasons we get on well together. She will love to distress the corners to show all the previous colours.
We had some good news, we got our money from the Painted Farmgirl owner. After weeks of anger, she actually came through which was a relief.
Another Lifetime to go 