Air Purifiers | Art / Decorative Items |
Audio Systems / Smart Speakers | Bath Towels |
Bathmats | Batteries |
Battery Chargers | Bedding |
Beds | Blender |
Bookcases | Bowls |
Boxes | Brooms |
Calendars | Candle Holders |
Candles | Carbon Monoxide Detector |
Chairs | Cleaning Supplies |
Clocks | Clothes Dryer |
Coasters | Coat Rack |
Coffee Maker | Coffee Tables |
Curtains | Cutlery |
Cutting Board | Desks |
Detergent | Device Chargers |
Dining Table / Kitchen Table | Dressers / Chest of Drawers |
Duster | Dustpans |
Emergency Kit / Supplies | Extension Cords |
Fire Extinguisher | First-aid Kit |
Flashlights | Garbage Cans |
Glasses & Cups | Hair Dryer |
Hand Towels | Hangers |
Ice Cube Trays | Iron |
Kettle | Kitchen Containers |
Kitchen Wrap | Knives |
Ladder | Lamps / Lighting |
Laundry Hamper | Lawnmower |
Light Bulbs | Measuring Tape |
Microwave | Mirrors |
Mugs | Nightstands |
Outdoor Furniture | Pillows |
Plates | Pot Holders |
Pots & Pans | Printer |
Rake | Recycling Bins |
Refrigerator | Rugs / Mats |
Safe / Lock Box | Scissors |
Security System / Camera | Sewing Machine |
Shelves | Shoe Closet |
Shovel | Shower Curtains |
Smoke Detector | Soap & Shampoo |
Sofas | Stationery |
Storage Containers | Stove / Oven |
Teapot | Television |
Throw Pillows | Tissues |
Toaster | Toilet Cleaner |
Toilet Paper | Tools |
Toothbrush Holder | Toothpaste |
Trash Bags | Umbrella Stand |
Vacuum | Vases |
Washing Machine | Wifi Router |
Furniture
Relatively large movable things that are designed to support human activities and comfort. Furniture includes things that support your body such as a chair and structures for organizing your stuff such as a shelf or table.
Fixtures
Replaceable features of a home that are physically attached to a structure such as a wall, floor, ceiling or the ground outside the home. Fixtures are typically sold with a home and come with an apartment but as they can be upgraded, they are also commonly purchased by households.
Home Decor
Items for the home that have a decorative purpose such as art, sculptures and picture frames. Home decor also includes any functional items that are viewed as having much aesthetic impact such as pillows on a sofa.
Home Appliances
Major appliances that are installed in a fixed place in the home. These are often both electrical and mechanical and help to automate work in the home. These overlap with fixtures (above) because sometimes they are physically integrated into the home such as a dishwasher built into a kitchen cabinet.
Small Appliances
Relatively small electronic appliances that are used to prepare food and beverages. Some of these have non-electronic equivalents such as stovetop pressure cookers. It is also strangely common to have electronic equivalents for things that work very well as mechanical tools such as a can opener.
Home Electronics
Electronics that provide shared services for the members of a household. This can be contrasted with personal electronics such as a smartphone that are used by one person.
Cookware & Bakeware
Pots, pans and other vessels for cooking and baking. These include various sizes of relatively generic pots and pans. Cookware and bakeware can also provide specialized functions such as steaming. Others are designed to the form factor of a particular food such as a pizza or muffin pan.
Kitchen Utensils
Small tools and implements for preparing and serving food. These each implement a specific function in an efficient way such as mixing, measuring, cutting, stirring or serving a particular type of food. Kitchen utensils are available in unbelievable variety that are often specific to a particular food or food format. This may seem excessive but there is a certain joy in completing a task in the kitchen smoothly because you have exactly the right tool.
Home Textiles
Things for the home that are made from fabrics and similar soft materials. The industry term for these items is soft goods.
Summary
House things can be viewed as shared services for the members of a household. These are the amenities that provide the basic comforts and conveniences of a home. House things are primarily contrasted with personal things that are more for individual use.
