Day 1249 Tight fitting

11th January 2021

No time for a lie-in today, a customer was coming to collect the dresser this morning.

I hurriedly got dressed and went into the garage to get the piece ready. A quick clean, beeswax polish on the top and it was ready.

The guy inspected every part of the dresser, pulling each drawer out inspecting the back and bottom. I didn’t have any worries, the drawers themselves worked really smoothly, some of the best we’ve had.

He handed me the cash and I helped him load it onto the back of his truck.

Then we had a free furniture piece to collect, a old entertainment centre. We don’t often get these as they can be difficult to sell.

These pieces are not as popular as they used to be now that were in the age of flat screen and wall hanging, but it will be repurposed into something desirable I expect.

The next trip was to collect a long dresser from the north side of town.

The address was an apartment up a flight of stairs. The seller was moving to Tennessee and didn’t want to take the dresser with her. I could see why.

There was a narrow corridor leading from the bedroom into the living room that was barely wide enough to get through, plus a couple of tight corners made the removal difficult. With a bit of manipulation and a lot of good fortune we got it into the living room. We were unable to remove the drawers which would have made it lighter, so we had to face getting it down the stairs with its full weight.

One step at a time was the prescribed method, at one point I nearly launched myself over the top as we settled it on-end near the main door, I did feel my feet lift off the ground.

I don’t like to think where I would have ended up.

Fortunately someone was entering through the door we wanted to use, so he held it open as we struggled out.

A quick change of position, and we headed down the path of even more steps, but also hampered by hedges both sides.

Finally we got it into the truck and headed back, stopping at Goodwill, we can’t resist the temptation.

There was no furniture, but Kelli found a few things to sell on including a cool retro style kettle. After a bit of research we found it was worth a bit of money. It needed a clean and a repair to the handle but it was potentially a nice little earner.