17th July 2023
We took a leisurely ride to the beach, considering it is such a short distance away we don’t get there much, but it was pleasant dipping our toes in the water.
I had a few jobs to do on some furniture pieces. Most of it was gluing down lifted veneers, I also made a start on one of the bullet riddled drawer fronts.
Later in the afternoon we had to go and collect a desk I had bought on Marketplace. I had been looking for one since we cleared out the spare room. I had found a Herman Miller Airia desk for three hundred bucks, when new they sell for two thousand four hundred, so I thought it a good deal. Okay the pencil drawer was missing, but I could make one, after all I have made twelve for the kitchen.
The pick up was a smart place out in the county side with a long driveway and immaculate front lawn, there was definitely some money here. The young chap met us and show us the desk, it was in great condition, the laminate top didn’t have a mark on it, apart from being drawerless it was perfect. He said it was missing when he bought it from the factory store, one can only imagine what happened to it.
It fitted perfectly into our truck, and once back we tried to get it into the room. There was a bit of struggle getting it though the doorway, in the end I took off two legs to get it through
Now I need to make a drawer, now I think I have some timber…….
Another Lifetime to go 