Researchers have investigated the
role of «
placemaking» in relationships, seeking to understand how objects in a home reflect and represent the couple that resides in that space.1 In a study published in the journal Personal Relationships, researchers asked partners who were married, or couples that were not married but cohabiting, to list objects in their homes and note whether each item was acquired by a particular partner individually («that's my ’59 Fender Stratocaster and your first edition of Darwin's Origin of Species»), or whether the couple had acquired it together («our collection of vintage pornography»; see this post for more on language use and relationships).