All homes have furniture. Sometimes there isn't a lot of furniture, but there had to be something to sit on, something to do work on and something to sleep on. It could be possible that you only had a mat to sleep and sit on and to do your work on, but most people have more furniture than that. Write about the furniture you had and include pictures if you have them in your story.
The dining room table that I remember growing up was a red Formica top table with silver metal trim. There were matching chairs, but they wore out relatively quickly. My dad gave me the table after I had a home of my own. Eventually, I gave it to my brother. We had many meals around the table and played games around the table and did homework there. It was a family gathering place.
I remember when we got new living room furniture. We got a vinyl sofa bed with two recliners. I still remember a party at our house when a couple of the kids my age jumped onto one of the recliners and broke it. We hadn't had it very long before it was broken. We also had a grandfather clock replica with bookshelves. That was where books for the whole family were kept. We also had a large console television.
In my sister's and my bedroom, we had a double bed to both sleep in. When my sister became ill and it wasn't known yet for sure what caused her illness, I had to sleep on the sofa bed in the living room to protect from me from catching something from my sister. Then our parents purchased a set of bunk beds so that we each had our own bed to sleep in. My sister and I had an old treadle sewing machine table that we used as a dressing table. I remember when my dad was too busy to build a bookshelf, my mother had me help her select some boards and help her build a bookcase for me.oRemembering the furniture that your family had will probably bring up some memories for you of what happened with that furniture. Try writing down all of the furniture you can remember having in your home. Then write down what things you remember happening with that furniture. Did you play games around a certain table? Did you share a bed with a sibling? Did you have a special desk to do your homework at? Did you have a favorite chair that you liked to sit in? Did you or someone in your family build a piece of furniture for your home? Do you remember shopping for furniture? Did you inherit a piece of furniture? Writing about the furniture you had in your home will probably trigger many other memories that you can add to your story.
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