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P 204. Janne’s sofa
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now, so [there’s] this kind of home movie system. I was, like, yuck,
but now it’s there and I enjoy it an awful lot just that it’s there, out
of sight. On no account would I want, anywhere we spend time, for
there to be a television. And then I have enjoyed it a lot that it hasn’t
been turned on, or, I don’t know what Kalevi has been doing, whether
he turns it on sometimes (laughs) when we have already gone to bed,
still, I guess for a month and a half, the television hasn’t been switched
on. (Sanna & Kalevi 05 129-146)
As an example of milder annoyance, Janne guessed that, should they have more
resources, their well-worn Ikea sofa in the living room would be the first thing
to go (P 204).
J: there’s been an accumulation of all kinds of stuff here, and you could
have less stuff. Like for instance, that Ikea sofa, which the cats have
scratched, which I in a sense think of as a design product even tough
it’s cheaply produced and the colours won’t stand more than two sittings
(laughs). But it doesn’t matter at all, the cats can (pause) that
sofa is less than 5 years old, and I think it already looks like should
one make a complaint or not, the colours are fading like (pause) but
the cats seem to like it, and then it also occasionally serves as a dining
table for the kids and then the stains don’t matter that much. ( Janne
04 157-175)
So, what was wrong with these items and why were they in the apartment?
Hannele’s Marcel vase was a gift and was never to her taste. She did not explain
why the vase was displayed in the first place, since she had not even mentioned