24th September 2020
Larry’s yard sale moved into top gear, with a steady flow of vehicles cluttering up the road in front of our house.
He would hide away in his garage and emerge like a black widow spider to engulf his victims/ customers.
We, on the other hand went into overdrive with Kelli re-painting the dresser she has concerns about. It had gone from green to white, with the top drawer now stripped ready for staining.
I wrestled with the top of another dresser trying to remove the screws holding it down.
Most came out easy, but the three at the back did not budge. I cursed the person who had assembled the carcass because they had driven in the screws before the back went on meaning they were angled, and difficult the remove from the front. I collected every straight slotted screwdriver I had, all of which failed to remove the screws. Perseverance helped me with two of them, but I was forced to take the back off to get at the others.
So a job that should have taken minutes must have taken an hour, still it was done and ready for the painting skills of my wife to transform it into a thing of beauty.
We also upgraded the piece that hadn’t sold by adding doors to the centre section.
I carefully fitted new hinges making sure that everything aligned perfectly. It was when I finished Kelli announced that they were the wrong colour hinges.
Fair enough, they were purchased when different handles were going to be fitted, but a day is a long time in the furniture business.
More modern chrome handed were preferred, and the doors were left off and gathered dust while we tried to sell it doorless.
It was decided that our only option was to paint the hinges.
We dragged the unit out to take new pictures in its new reiteration.
Now it was down to Kelli to post the piece on Marketplace.
Another Lifetime to go 