101 Examples of Furniture

John Spacey, updated on February 26, 2022

Furniture are things that are designed to make spaces livable and productive for humans. These are usually movable but can also be affixed or built into an interior. Furniture is functional such that it serves some purpose in areas such as lifestyle, rest, leisure, entertainment, social interaction and work. It can also be designed to be visually appealing and emotionally durable whereby furniture may be designed or crafted with great skill and constructed with fine materials such as woods. The following are common types of furniture.

Armchairs	Baker's Racks
Bar Cabinets	Bar Stools
Bars	Bathroom Cabinets / Medicine Cabinets
Beds	Bedside Tables & Nightstands
Benches	Billiard Tables
Bookcases	Bookshelves
Buffets / Sideboards	Bunk Beds
Cabinets	Canape Sofas
Canopy Beds	Card Tables / Game Tables
Chabudai Tables	Chairs
Chaise Lounges	Chalkboards
Chest of Drawers / Dressers	Chesterfield Sofa
Chests	Chifforobes
China Cabinets	Closets
Coat Racks / Hatstands	Coffee Tables
Cribs / Cradles	Cupboards
Curio Cabinets	Davenport Desks
Daybeds	Desks
Dining Tables	Divan Couches
Drafting Tables	Drawing Boards
Dressing Screens	Drop-leaf Tables
End Tables	Entertainment Centers & Media Furniture
Fainting Couches	Fauteuil Chairs
Filing Cabinets	Floating Shelves
Folding Tables	Four-poster Beds
Futons	Hammocks
Headboards (for beds)	Hoosier Cabinets
Hope Chests	Hutches
Kitchen Cabinets	Kitchen Carts / Kitchen Islands
Kitchen Tables	Kotatsu
Ladder Shelves	Lamps
Liquor Cabinets	Lounge Chairs
Loveseats	Mirrors
Murphy Beds / Wall Beds	Nesting Tables
Office Chairs	Ottomans
Pantries	Pedestals
Pianos	Plan Chests
Plant Stands	Poufs
Quilt Racks	Recliners / Lift Chairs
Rocking Chairs	Room Dividers / Shoji Screens
Safes	Shelves
Shoe Closets	Sofas / Couches
Standing Desks / Standing Tables	Stepping Stools
Stools	Storage Benches
Storage Chests / Boxes	Storage Shelves
Tables	Telephone Tables
Towel Racks	Umbrella Stands
Vanities	Wardrobes / Armoires
Washstands / Basin Stands	Waterbeds
Wine Racks	Workbenches
Writing Desks

A canape is an antique or traditional sofa with fancy upholstering and exposed wood frame.

A chabudai is a short table that is used while seated on the floor. A type of traditional Japanese furniture.

A chaise lounge is a long couch with armrests on one side.

Chesterfield is an old word for sofa. As a modern term, it refers to deep buttoned, quilted leather sofas.

A chifforobe is a combination of a closet and a chest of drawers.

A davenport desk is a small desk with an inclined top that lifts up to access storage space.

A fainting couch is a small couch that is raised at the end of one side.

A fauteuil is a style of armchair with an exposed wood frame.

A hoosier cabinet is a kitchen workspace with shelves above. These may augment or substitute for kitchen counters and cabinets.

A hutch is a unit with drawers below and shelves above. This can also include a workspace such that it overlaps with hoosier cabinets.

A kotatsu is a traditional Japanese heated table for sitting on the floor with your legs under a heated area.

Poufs are large pillow-like items that are often used as a foot stool or small chair.

A vanity is furniture that holds a large mirror on top. These often resemble chests of drawers and often have a seating area in front of the mirror.

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