The Life of a High-End Furniture Mover on the Eastside

There is intimacy in the smell of an Ichiro Suzuki dining table. 

As furniture delivery men, we are bonded to the glitter kingdoms of the Pacific Northwest. As middlemen in service of big brands like Diva Group, Olson Kundig, and B&B Italia, we make stealth entry into the sacred interiors of the guarded estates of the Eastside, where decor and design equal seduction. Worlds we have come to know through wood and fabric.

My compatriots are Vinny, Sunny, Hugo, and Shamarki—an assemblage from Vietnam, First Nation Nez Perce territory, Mexico, and Somalia. Rotations of down-and-out men in a warehouse full of custom-made and design-brand furniture. Men who express words

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