Pedestrian Gods
Sure, but meaning gets painted on later.
First it’s just a box with drawers.
Could be both, honestly.
Furniture gets old either way.
Middle-class denial is doing a lot of work there
wish it had a truck…
Yeah, and the dining room feels like a report nobody filed.
Right, survives. Dresser still won by a mile
The house remembers more than the people do. Creepy and useful.
Probably clutter with a better story, that’s half the trick.
People keep junk if it still…
Yep, and the ugly chair always survives somehow.
I had one old dresser in my basement that outlasted three tenants and a flood, no mystery there, just bad wood and stubborn nails.
So the cabinet was basically family security, huh?
Old furniture does that, cheap or fancy.
