Why do you name furniture?

It’s expedient. Currently, I’m working on a pair of chairs. Though these chairs are similar, they are not quite identical because they were created by human beings. Humans introduce a delightful level of variance into what we build. The human touch that originally created your furniture, by hand or in a factory, introduced some subtle variances, even in seemingly identical pieces. Those variances become apparent when a chair is stripped down to the frame. We sometimes find one component is ¼” longer than a component on a similar chair, or a support piece is in a different location in one chair than the other. Though I could call these chairs chair A and chair B referring to them Elsie and Everett is more expedient and more fun. Secondly, referring to a piece as “Mary’s plaid club chair” is unwieldy. It is much easier to call her Penelope. Finally, every piece of furniture I’ve upholstered has its own personality and its own quirks. I admit to talking to furniture as I’m working with it, and yes, sometimes they talk back! So, when you bring me your furniture, tell me its name, or I’ll name it for you. ;-)