29th October 2022
Kelli had a doctors appointment in Zeeland, so it was a quick breakfast and out the door.
On the way back, I was planning to go to Menards for a few things, but Kelli, as Kelli does, had arranged to pick something up from an address on the north side of town.
Thank heavens it wasn’t a piece of furniture, instead she collected a small pottery flower holder, now I’m sure most people would want one, and I guess we are most people.
We then did some shopping, including buying sweets to feed any little darlings calling round on Halloween.
There were customers due to collect the dresser Kelli finished yesterday.
When they arrived they quickly, and quite roughly manhandled it into the back of the open truck despite me trying to help them, it’s a good job we give them touch-up because I’m sure when they take it off at the other end.
We finally finished the mid century style dresser and side table. They had been a Labour of love, stripping off the grey paint exposing the beautiful walnut veneer underneath. I had removed the plastic moulded drawer fronts and replaced them with a Shaker style door, in all it has taken over six months to get them to the final stage.
The lady that had just bought the dresser was interested, asking what the price would be, I said a number, and Kelli questioned it and suggested a lower one, Duh! Of course the person jumped on that number, I insisted on mine, but felt compelled to split the difference.
Kelli told her that she would advise them when the pieces would be ready and left it at that. What followed was a discussion on why the price difference made us look unprofessional, my reasoning was the uniqueness of the furniture style and the amount of time it took to make it look decent.
Another Lifetime to go 