Why am I so interested in flexible furniture? The gifts of the world are given to all. What I have doesn’t belong to me alone. My resources, including my home are not just for my own use. They are also for the use of the wider community – those working for justice and those in need.
Therefore, my home must not only serve my own needs, it must also serve the needs of others. It must be available for meetings or to house overnight guests, for example, or facilitate conversation and idea sharing. In order for my home to function this way furniture must be flexible.
But utilizing flexible furniture is useful in other ways too. Downsizing or moving to a new location is easy with flexible furniture. Flexible furniture adapts to new activities or new people without spending more resources ($) for new furniture – saving resources for other purposes. Flexible furniture with many uses is likely to last longer, more likely to be passed on to others and is less likely to end up in a landfill.
So here’s another idea for flexible living – instead of a large, heavy sofa or love seat try four movable chairs.
Armless chairs that could be used separately or combined to create a sofa would be even better. Endless combinations become possible . . .
You may also like Simple Furniture and Fabulous Furoshiki.
