Saw a stool that looked just like a tractor seat in one of those studio-type stores the other day. I like the idea of taking something out of context but suggesting the same use and I assume in this case it was the tractor seat that inspired the stool and not the other way around. My preference would be to find an old tractor seat and turn it into a stool, if I decided I just had to have one. I imagine tractor seats are more comfortable than not (oh! distraction!! a flicker just skimmed onto the dead branch of the birch tree out front, silhouetted itself against the gold of the birch leaves across the street, looked for a snack but seemed to find the supply lacking so flew away with that white flash of tail!!!).
Tractor seats. Comfort. The sturdy plastic-stripped chairs around the Snakes and Ladders game in the back garden suddenly featured themselves in my 3 a.m. think time. Two are a lovely deep sea blue and one an apple green. They are comfortable and as I am getting rid of chairs that could do better in this respect – and comfortable chair should NOT be an oxymoron! – I decided to bring these indoors and place them around the table which will be part of my next place. Did so this morning. The proportion is wrong so they journeyed back outdoors and continue in the garden. But they could be made to work in a different space. The time of sitting in them again, back supported, arms not in the way of knitting but there for support, body being able to forget about the chair – this will motivate me when I ‘clothe’ my next home. In the same way one ought to be able to take shoes for granted and let them do their thing, so one ought to be able to count on a chair.