Day 901 Keep the engine running!

27th January 2020

We set off to make a delivery and pick up stuff that Kelli had found yesterday.

The drop-off of the ethnic stool in Zeeland was to the same person who lived next door to the Max DuPree house, so I had another chance to check it out.

Next we had to pick up a small book case also in Zeeland. The person left it on their porch, so it was easy to see as we pulled up.

“ It looks a bit small” I said, “I thought it looked bigger in the picture, did you check the dimensions?”

“No” Kelli replied “My fingers were engaged in the Marketplace twitch, so I just bought it on instinct”

We stared it for a few minutes, then Kelli went to look at it in more detail.

She came back, and threw the truck into reverse.

She had asked the seller if it was made out of wood, but got no response. This is the problem we encounter so often, no one can differentiate between real wood and particle board, just because it looks like wood that’s what it is.

We have taken that type of furniture before, but there is little that can be done with it other than paint the thing.

Disappointed at the size and material we drove off to our next stop.

There are many dodgy areas in Grand Rapids and we found one of them.

The dresser was covered with a white sheet and left on the front porch. The money had to be placed in an envelope and left in the mailbox, this was extremely trusting, considering the building next door was a burnt out ruin. For once we kept the engine running as I whipped the sheet off expecting something gruesome underneath, and there was, the dresser. It looked like it had been painted by someone colour blind.

We quickly loaded it into the back of the truck and sped off for safer territory.

We ourselves had some interest in a dresser that we got for free last week. Kelli had listed it as a project piece, that is, not re-worked. The person wanted it as it was, with no work to be done other than fixing the bottom drawer, so potentially a good money earner.

I had done some fine adjustments to the joints on the doors for the drawer less dresser, and managed to get one glued up.

This is a slow project, it is a race between me getting it completed, and the cabinet rotting.