18th June 2025
I think we snatched victory out of the jaws of defeat today. A lady came to look at our food prep island unit, we had a number of interested people, but there were only a few approached us.
She pulled up in our driveway with a big smile, she seemed a nice lady. She absolutely loved the piece, but, there was that word that sends fear down my spine, “ I’m not sure of the colour” she went on to describe the colours of the rooms that this piece would be placed.
That’s always a difficult question, because it is such a personal thing.
Just then Kelli arrived and took over the conversation. She talked about how it could be a feature and could blend into either setting. Kelli worked hard on this one, and as the lady had been searching for something like this for quite a while, the draw was too much, she bought it.
Phew! That was a close one.
I helped her clear the back of her truck of golf clubs, child’s seats and deck chairs. The piece fitted perfectly, she was happy and we were relieved, and happy.
I had just finished removing the paint from the baby changing unit, when a chap turned up with a dresser that he had contacted Kelli about. We had bought items from him before, but this one was different. The entire piece had been spray painted with silver paint, underneath is an oak dresser screaming to get out.
Kelli started working on a mid century style unit, but it needed a bit of Bondo to fill some damage.
I don’t know what she did, possibly used a shovel to mix and spread the filler.
I volunteered to sand it, but I was faced with these huge blobs of hardened grey filler.
The first one was on the top, it measured about forty millimetres in diameter, when I finally got everything blended in, the blemish was about 10mm by 4mm. That was just the first one, I had several resembling a mountain range, that took ages, Mike Russell-Pell would have been proud of her.
Another Lifetime to go 