@zatnosk It felt important to me that the boulder not simply be removed from whatever its previous location was, but that it would be implanted in a small, reasonable recreation of where it's from.

Like a zoo animal, but It's A Boulder.

@Alexis My headcanon is that the room, and the entire building, was built around the boulder, and the boulder have been in that exact spot since the last ice age(*).

(* my arctic-adjacent climate bias is showing)

@Alexis *the Boulder voice* Are you here to appreciate The Boulder?

@InspectorCaracal ...Wait, is that character a goof on The Rock.

@Alexis YES!!!

@Alexis courtesy of my spouse:

"Ten years later..."

@Aleums @Alexis yes.... i need this boulder room... i need a boulder house....

@lucy I don't, but the boulder room is better, anyway

@root Sitting on the boulder is lightly discouraged by the presence of the chair, I think -- but if sitting on it is what you feel is the appropriate way to appreciate the boulder, yes, absolutely.

@root Basically I think anything that a park employee would not tell you off for doing to a boulder in a park is fine, as long as it's in the spirit of "appreciate the boulder."

@Alexis i see! yes, i would love and care for the boulder. not disrespect the boulder.

@zatnosk Everyone deserves to have a boulder room in their life.

@Alexis @zatnosk ...can I fill the walls with shelves and/or cabinets to store stuff?

@Anke @zatnosk For me, personally, I feel that would distract from the boulder, but it's your personal boulder room, you can do what you want!

@gamayun Ooh, I'd not seen that before, I don't think, but it's very much exactly what I was going for!