Day 2465 Rejected!

13th May 2025

We headed out to the north side of Holland to look at a free dresser that was up for grabs.

This can go many ways, sometimes the piece is in perfect condition, with all the drawers sliding smoothly and very little damage. The opposite to that is total crap, with broken and missing parts where the thing should just be burnt. The one redeeming feature is if it’s solid wood then anything is possible. When we turned up at the address, the house stood out from all the rest. The houses around it were very respectable, well kept gardens and lawn, but this house looked like it was the target for a bomb run, the house was grubby, the garden was overgrown and there was junk everywhere. At the end of this unruly mess was this dresser. From the road it looked okay, similar to ones we’ve had before, but when we got closer it was awful, cheap plastic film wood grain all over. There was a little real wood, but for once I said no, we’ve polished a few turds but I wasn’t going to start rubbing this one.

So we headed back, and I started on the long black dresser we picked up a couple of days ago. This one is going to need a bit of intensive care.

I fitted the tops to the two side tables and Kelli messaged the customers who wanted it.

Then we went for a bike ride, not a long one, our bottoms are not ready for any serious rides. We took notice of the garden arrangements that we passed, just trying to get ideas for when we tackle the front garden next year. I think it will need a lot of big boulders to give the space a bit of height, that should be fun moving those around.

Kelli was busy painting, keeping the production line busy, but the humidity was slowing down the drying time, so that did limit progress.

The call of the weeds was too strong for me, after I cut the grass on the back lawn, I threw myself down on my knees and prayed to the god of trowel and dirt clearing more of the overgrowth.