permaproject
/ˈpɜːməˌprɒdʒɛkt/nounVerified NewA craft or repair project that has stalled mid-completion for so long it now functions as furniture.
The quilt frames the armchair, the half-tiled wall sets the bathroom's tone, the sewing machine holds the mail. Nobody works on a permaproject, but nobody may move it either, because that would mean deciding. Homes quietly reorganize themselves around these objects.
Etym. — perma- + project: permanence accreted onto what was meant to be temporary, on the permafrost pattern.
Rel. — fridaybrave
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