As
with many children I am sure, Baby Boy and I used to love to create forts in
our house (specifically in our living room or our bedrooms) out of whatever we
had around. Typical forts would consist
of the main structure (couch for the living room, a bed in the bedroom) and any
number of other items our little hands could make off with: sheets, blankets,
dining room chairs, boxes; basically anything that wasn’t nailed down could and
probably would end up a part of our construction.
All photos
courtesy of Build Blog
We
would build elaborate multi-roomed and multi-level structures that very few
others were allowed to see let alone enter.
There were times when these structures would become our homes for living
and sleeping for several days and nights, usually those times were when we had
the structure solely located in my bedroom.
I
was overjoyed when Baby Boy sent me these links to Build Blog’s Couch Cushion
Architecture where they offer a grading system and decisive take on what they
consider an “Unrepresented and ignored for too long
in the architectural industry, today’s post pays respect to the wonders of
couch cushion architecture. We’ve rounded up a (mostly) admirable collection of
projects, taken from a randomly conducted search on the internet. Join us as we
take a critical analysis of the architecture, methods and design philosophies
of living room furniture re-appropriation.”
Very
cute idea and I love the commentary.
Have fun reminiscing.
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