13th August 2025
Kelli managed to sell both the bed frame and the headboard. The headboard went to Debs, a lady who lives close by, she intends to paint it red and use it in her garden. She has quite an interesting plot that has all kinds of things in it to display all her plants, including an old boat that will never see the water again.
I had the arduous task of scraping and sanding the footboard on the refinishing commission.
I worked on it for three ours, and that’s just one side. The timber used was not the best, and stripping it back to raw showed a few imperfections. Some of the stain had soaked deeper into the grain leaving a series of red blotches. I wasn’t sure that it would be acceptable to put a clear finish on it. Kelli called the customer, and they came over to view progress. They didn’t seemed concerned about the blotching and were happy to finish it as intended.
All this put me back a bit, but tomorrow is another day.
Another Lifetime to go 