29th February 2020
What a interesting day it would be today.
At 10.30am the first customers arrived to collect the two short side tables. We learned that they have houses that are holiday lets, and they needed bedroom furniture. This is a good opportunity for future business, so Kelli was straight on it.
The next customer were due to collect the black stained dining table that I have been labouring over for the last three weeks.
I was really nervous, because I wanted a wonderfully smooth top, and I have been plagued with grot issues at every turn.
I even put an extra coat last night, my last ditch attempt to get the finish I wanted.
We set it up in the living space and waited for them to arrive.
I was more nervous than I had been yesterday at the dentist. Just after 1.00pm they arrived, Kelli was still drying her hair when the doorbell rang. I opened the door and invited them inside. The younger lady gasped as she saw the table in front of her. The other lady was her mother who was equally delighted.
This went a long way to relieve my anxiety, it seemed that every stage there was something that didn’t go to plan, but all that evaporated under all the praise.
We loaded it into the back of their vehicle and they drove off happy customers, the best ones to have.
The final piece we had to deliver was the dresser with the mud colour stain. That was a challenge to find, but yet again she was delighted with the result, and with a wad of notes in our hand, it was back to the homestead, stopping off at Goodwill.
We found a dresser in good condition so bagged that, it was a little more than we would usually spend, but hopefully not too much work to do up.
Another Lifetime to go 