Early Christian

Early Christianity was first recognized in 330-800 C.E. It began with the death of Christ in ancient Judea, an eastern outpost of the Roman empire. Constantine declared Christianity an official religion with all rights and privileges of other state religions. This also is the first time Christians could have houses of worship and display holy artifacts. The need for new facilities for worship became necessary, due to the rising number of believers.
A popular place to worship was the Basilica, which below is a plan of what one would look like.

A few examples are Old St. Peter's Cathedral Rome and Sant' Apollinare in Classe-Ravenna

Furniture

Very few examples  of Early Christian furniture exist but the ones that do are very elaborate and decorated with caving and jewels. Storage was the most important furniture object, but stools and chairs existed as well. Examples below are what furniture looked like back then and what we may see today. 

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Discussion:

I viewed Emily's blog for the Early Christian era and I learned a little history of where people used to worship. I liked how she added that information into her blog. I also enjoyed her modernized church picture. It was interesting to compare and see how the layout of churches has changed. Jessica's blog caught my eye as well with her current applications of the Early Christian time period. I didn't know a living room/kitchen that looked like her top picture is considered Early Christian. I loved it!