Furniture Workshop Bursting with Repairs

Sawdust drifts across a crowded workshop floor where two carpenters sand a tabletop and a woman unrolls bolts of striped upholstery fabric onto a workbench. Nearby, a man staples green felt onto a chair frame beside a fan of colorful fabric swatches. A green lathe hums with a parrot perched on top, and a sleeping dog curls beneath it. Workers carry a heavy wardrobe past a rolling cart loaded with tools that spills hammers and wrenches, while a boy naps under a drawer-filled workbench. Rows of saws and hand tools hang neatly on a pegboard wall, and a long clamping table holds a plank pinned under a dozen bar clamps. A cat naps inside an open cabinet, another watches from a chair, and a man slips on a puddle of spilled varnish nearby. Every bench, cart and heap of shavings marks off its own small task within the clutter.