tech<p>Why does the &quot;weaker&quot; sex have the primordial urge to move heavy furniture? I know that I love it. It is the thrill of getting instant results. It is the thrill of getting something &quot;new&quot; for nothing. When I am in a shopping mood, the best way to overcome the buying bug is to go home and move my existing furniture. Home stagers know there is a lot of potential in shopping your own house.</p> <p>Men hate moving furniture. My husband takes it one step further, he hates to see furniture moved. So I drag stuff around on my own, and he comes home from work and has a nervous breakdown. It is as if his retreat has been invaded by a warring clan. &quot;Did you have Betty over?&quot; he asks suspiciously. He knows two women moving furniture get really big results.</p> <p>Often the furniture-moving urge comes on when I make a small home decorating purchase. Mike groans at the sight of a Home Goods bag at the door because he knows the pillow or lamp is an accurate predictor of a coming seismic shift in the living room or den. A new table lamp doesn&#39;t just fit into a room. It becomes the room&#39;s &quot;inspiration.&quot; The room has to live up to the new lamp so everything must be rethought and reshuffled.</p> <p>Did women have time to rearrange things in the old days? Maybe they were too tired after boiling lard into soap all day. But I think they did make the time. I can imagine my great-grandmother saying in a wheedling tone, &quot;Stosh, can you just move the potbelly stove a little to the right? It will really open up the flow of the room.&quot;</p> <p>My mother tells a story of being eight months pregnant and working on her hands and knees to unroll a huge new living room rug because she was tired of waiting for my father to do it. I see that this moving proclivity runs in the family.</p> <p>Coming soon: <strong>Clever ways to single-handedly move an entire room of furniture</strong></p>
