Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for March 10, 2024

Yabba dabba do tell.

Perfect furniture for pet owners, cats won’t shred the upholstery and the dogs won’t chew it up.

Yeah, I sometimes still hear people talk about “the turn of the century” and they mean 120+ years ago. Get with the times, folks! We had another.

You should specify the era and epoch.

Oh but the wine tastes so much better with mid-century furniture!

She needs to get some cave-paintings for the walls.

A fast Google™ couldn’t find when the century was invented (dividing time in hundred year chunks). In the ancient world they sure as heck weren’t concerned with the BCE/CE. Some cultures kept track from their mythical beginning of the world, counting Olympiads, or significant events (the 17th year of king Charles the Forgetful). Anyone know of the top of her head, or willing to spend more time on finding the answer?

I love that they have their own gravity. Note the wineglass that is held at an angle by the gravity of the ‘sofa’.

To quote Charlie Brown, “I got a rock”.

Mid Epoch Revival.

From the Pre-Ikea-vian era.

Yes.

They all seem to be having a rock-ing time, though!

It seems the hostess is standing between a rock and a hard place.

On the bright side it was dirt cheap.

Just try to set up the sofa bed.

On a Diner’s menu Breakfast served any time. My response: Okay, how about eggs Benedict in the 18th century.

Some might consider it antique weighted.

The Basilica of Saint-Denis was mid-12th-century modern. And mid-13th-century modern. And mid-14th-century modern. (it was constructed over a span of 200 years).

they’re also on the paleo diet…