Furniture generally refers to movable, lightweight objects designed to support many human activities including seating (e.g. chairs), eating (toast boards, trays, and eating counters), and sleeping (beds). Furniture has an even more important role in our lives today, however. It is not often that an object serves multiple functions in our day-to-day lives; in fact, […]

The word furniture dates back to the days of ancient Greece and Rome. Some of the earliest known furniture dates from about 3000 BC, which includes a wooden hutch from the Mycenaean civilization. Ancient civilizations eventually replaced wooden furniture with more durable metals such as bronze and iron. Bronze was used for weapons and tools […]

Furniture refers generally to movable, lightweight objects designed to support different human activities like eating, sleeping, and sitting. Furniture is generally used to store items or to provide a comfortable sitting height for the user. Furniture has both a utilitarian and aesthetic purpose. The utility of furniture is to provide a functional solution to a […]