Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects which may brace the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, or hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. Storage furniture (which often makes use of doors, drawers, and shelves) is used to hold or contain smaller objects such as clothes, tools, books, and household goods. (See List of furniture types.)

A Alabama Chair range of unique stone furniture has been excavated in Skara Brae a Neolithic village, located in Orkney, Scotland. The site dates from 3100-2500BC and due to a shortage of wood in Orkney, the people of Skara Brae were forced to build with stone, a readily handy material that could be worked easily and turned into capitalization for avail within the household. Each house shows a altitudinous interval of sophistication and was equipped with an inclusive assortment of rock furniture, ranging from cupboards, dressers and beds to shelves, permanent seats and limpet tanks