qualities of furniture
Living Room (furniture)
A living room, also known as sitting room (especially in the UK),
lounge room or lounge (in the United Kingdom and Australia), is a room
for entertaining guests, reading, watching TV or other activities. The
word Lounge is from the Latin, it was brought over later on by the
French.
In modern homes and apartments the living room has replaced the old
fashioned parlor.[citation needed] In the 19th century, the parlor was
the room in the house where the recently deceased were laid out before
their funeral. This became the more affirmative term "living room" in
the 20th century.
The term marks the twentieth-century effort of architects and builders
to strip the parlor of its burial and mourning associations. A typical
western living room will be furnished with a sofa, chairs, occasional
tables, a television or stereo equipment, bookshelves, as well as
other pieces of furniture. Traditionally a sitting room in the United
Kingdom would have a fireplace. In Japan people traditionally sat on
tatami instead of chairs but western style decor is also common these
days.
In the United States, sometimes the living room is reserved for more
formal and quiet entertaining while a separate recreation room or
family room is used for more casual activities and drinking.
In Australia, the living room is more often referred to as "the
lounge" and is used for both formal and casual entertaining, although
casual entertaining also takes place in the backyard.
The term front room can also used to describe a living room, because
in many homes the front door opens into the living room.
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Street Furniture
Street furniture is a collective term for objects and pieces of
equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes,
including benches, bollards, post boxes, phone boxes, streetlamps,
street lighting, traffic lights, traffic signs, bus stops, grit bins,
tram stops, taxi stands, public lavatories, fountains and memorials,
and waste receptacles. An important consideration in the design of
street furniture is how it affects road safety.
Historical
Street Furniture
The Tiergarten park in Berlin has a collection of antique streetlamps
from around the world, both gas and electric.
Since most items of street furniture are of a utilitarian nature,
authorities generally keep them up-to-date and replace them regularly
(usually to conform to regulations, safety codes, etc.). Because of
this, old, outdated, obsolete, or even non-functional street furniture
can be rare sights and hold a special fascination and inspire
nostalgia for many people.
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