25th November 2019
I went with Kelli to Fennville to collect a cabinet that she had seen on Marketplace.
Fennville is a place out in the wilds, with dirt roads and very bad phone reception.
The person’s house was pretty decent, set in acres of wooded land.
The furniture piece had a top section with a heart shape cut out in it. Kelli does not like hearts, so she told the seller that she plans to change that (she was meaning that I would do something). As I was carrying the thing to the truck I noticed that it had two bloody hearts shapes on each side panels. It looks like a more complex job than we thought.
On a previous project I had to do the same thing, and no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t disguise the shape. I used Bondo, and sanded it with every grade of abrasive paper I had, even several coats of paint would not cover the shape shadow, so the prospect ahead was quite daunting.
In the evening, a lady brought round a dresser that she wanted painting. I was a fine oak piece that seems a shame, but it’s what people want, and we advertise that we can do customisations, and I am currently working on two re-paints now.
One commission piece is a small table, we had an inquiry from a past customer if we could find, and finish one to match an existing piece.
Kelli has found one in Goodwill, although not made from good wood, and painted in a sand textured paint, it was similar to an image we had been sent, so I set about transforming it into something decent.
The top was just painted MDF, so the only alternative was to bond a piece of plywood, that would look better, and could be stained dark.
Another Lifetime to go 