Making Light:  Slush:  noted in passing ::: June 10, 2005, 12:36 PM

I recognized the use of people-names.  As an owner of Billy-
the-Bookcase, Niklas-the-Wall-Unit and a former owner of
Bjorn-the-Dresser, this was pretty obvious.

Fond memories of a college friend who named her chair Chesterfield,
her sofa Davenport, her footstool Otto, and her carpet Waldo.  She
always had to footnote the carpet's location (sebz gur jnyy gb gur
qbbe).