The Dutch word gezellig is one of the most difficult words to translate, but you'll know it when you feel it: a gezellig environment is one which allows good times to happen.

Gezellig is comfortable, but also lively: it goes deeper than mere coziness. It's all about a sense of belonging--in this way, it's a near antonym to another untranslatable word, the Portugese saudade, which connotes an existential homesickness.

A weekly celebration of the chair through photography

Title: Chair & Dead Wife
Photographer: Kathy Osborn
Chair/designer: Unknown

(About Chair & - All Chair & photographs can be purchased online at the Meter Gallery)