The only pictures on the wall are portraits of people unrelated to the family, and oil paintings of unknown provenance.

She had often touched a reflection of herself in the hallway mirror. Sometimes when she ran by it, it wasn’t there. But if she stopped, she could see the whole clear outline of herself.

You’re not basic. You’re shabby chic.

Through chair design, the female form is appropriated, reconfigured, weaponized, and emancipated.