List of furniture types

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An expandable table with chairs

This is a list of furniture types. Furniture includes objects such as tables, chairs, beds, desks, dressers, or cupboards. These objects are usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.

Seating

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A recliner

Single seat

• Chair
  • Lift chair
• Bean bag
• Chaise longue
• Fauteuil
• Ottoman
• Recliner
• Stool
  • Bar Stool
  • Footstool or ottoman
  • Tuffet
• Fainting couch

Multiple seats

• Bench
• Couch, also known as a sofa or settee
  • Accubita
  • Canapé
  • Davenport
  • Klinai
• Divan
• Love seat

Sleeping or lying

• Bed
  • Bunk bed
  • Canopy bed
  • Four-poster bed
  • Murphy bed
  • Platform bed
  • Sleigh bed
  • Waterbed
• Daybed
• Futon
• Hammock
• Headboard
• Infant bed (crib, cradle)
• Mattress
• Sofa bed

Entertainment

Contemporary home entertainment center

• Billiard table
• Chess table
• Entertainment center
• Gramophone
• Hi fi
• Jukebox
• Pinball machine
• Radiogram
• Television set
• Radio receiver
• Video game console

Tables

• Chabudai
• Changing table
• Desk
  • Davenport desk
  • Drawing board
  • Computer desk
  • Writing desk
• Kotatsu
• Korsi
• Lowboy
• Monks bench
• Pedestal
• Table
  • Coffee table
  • Dining table
  • Drop-leaf table
  • End table
  • Folding table
  • Gateleg table
  • Poker table
  • Trestle table
  • TV tray table
  • Wine table
• Washstand
• Workbench

Storage

• Baker's rack
• Bookcase
• Cabinetry
  • Bathroom cabinet
  • Chifforobe
  • Closet
  • Cupboard
  • Curio cabinet
  • Hutch
  • Hoosier cabinet
  • Kitchen cabinet
  • Pantry
  • Pie safe
• Chest of drawers or dresser
• Chest
  • Cellarette
  • Hope chest
• Coat rack
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  A coat rack
• Drawer (furniture)
  • Hall tree
• Hatstand
• Filing cabinet
• Floating shelf
• Nightstand
• Ottoman
• Plan chest
• Shelving
• Sideboard or buffet
• Safe
• Umbrella stand
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  An umbrella stand
• Wardrobe or armoire
• Wine rack

Sets

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A bedroom set

• Bedroom set (group)
• Dinette (group)
• Dining set (group)
• Vanity set
• Patio set

Types classified by materials

• Wooden furniture
• Bamboo furniture
• Wicker or rattan furniture
• Metal furniture
• Plastic furniture (a.k.a. acrylic furniture)
• Glass furniture
• Concrete furniture

Other

A garden bench

Definition 1: Objects usually kept in a house or other building to make it suitable or comfortable for living or working in.

• Built-in furniture (see: Frank Lloyd Wright)
• Campaign furniture – furniture specifically designed to break down or fold for ease of travel
• Folding screen
• Work furniture
• Tabouret
• Credenza
• Garden furniture
• Divider, shōji or partition
  

  Partitions in an office
• Lamps are covered under furnishings or lighting.
• Clothes valet
• Tatami mats used for sitting
• Curtain also called drapes

Definition 2: Accessories or fittings that are required for a particular function, situation, or setting.

• Aquarium furniture
• Door furniture
• Hutch
• Park furniture (such as benches and picnic tables)
• Stadium seating
• Street furniture
• Sword furniture - on Japanese swords, (katana, wakizashi, tantō) all parts save the blade are referred to as "furniture".
• In firearms, parts aside from the action and barrel, such as the grip, stock, butt, and comb.

See also

• Bedrooms
• Casegoods
• Decorative arts
• Living room
• List of chairs
• List of furniture designers
• Occasional furniture
• Wood finishing