4th January 2023
I responded to a cry for help from the bathroom. I rushed in to find Kelli frantically trying to open the cupboard door, but the knob kept turning and not activating the lock.
There was only a narrow gap between the door and the frame, so access to the lock was limited.
I brought in some paint scrapers hoping that they would slide into the slot, but I was distracted away by possibly removing the door from the hinges. I tapped out the pins, but there wasn’t enough movement to lift the door off, this was a blind ally.
Meanwhile Kelli somehow shoved a scraper into the gap and popped the lock.
I looked in disbelief, Kelli smiled triumphantly.
She reminded me that she had cracked many locks over the years, so it looked like I married a master lock picker.
I started on another chair, this time a fully multi layer painted version. Luckily the scraper ripped through those leaving piles of debris on the floor.
Kelli started on the cabinet we bought from the south side of town, spraying all the carcass with primer.
During the afternoon another furniture piece turned up on the back of an open backed truck.
Kelli had bought it from a lady in Hudsonville, fortunately she was in Holland and agreed to delivered it. It wasn’t a quality piece but it did have patterned thin metal panelled doors, although two were missing. This will take a bit of creative thinking.
Another Lifetime to go 