Furniture Tetris
fur·ni·ture tet·ris: [fur-ni-cher tet-ris] -noun
- the game involving taking an entire room worth of furniture and stacking it in another smaller room so it takes up the least possible amount of space.
- the appearance furniture takes on after being stacked in such a way as to leave virtually no room between individual pieces and can therefore be “cleared.”
This evening was spent playing furniture tetris. The goal was to take all of the furniture out of the living room and fit it into the kitchen. Bear in mind while picturing this that the kitchen is approximately the same size as the living room, but it’s got a table, some chairs, cabinetry, a few major appliances, cat food bowls, and a garbage can all taking up space. Also worth picturing is that the living room started with the following items: a big heavy TV and the stand for it, a few video game consoles and loads of wire share space with the TV stand, a sleeper couch, a love seat, a chair, a piano and stool, 2 end tables complete with lamps, a coffee table, a small book case full of video games, a few boxes full of DVD cases and/or more video games, and a wine rack with literally 99 bottles of wine in it.
Now with my back aching something fierce and my kitchen being entirely full of stuff, my living room is ready to get the carpet ripped out and the laminate flooring put in. It’s going to be another busy weekend of working around the house.