Did you know that Charles Darwin could be considered the inventor of the modern office chair? After all, he was the first person to put wheels on an armchair, and he did it to make viewing the specimens around his office easier. Today, office chairs are just a piece of modern home furniture.

Interestingly, the word sofa, comes from an Arabic word which means “bench.” Sofas are essentially comfortable benches, and many modern furniture designers create elegant and comfortable sofas every day. Originally, however, couches were more like daybeds, a piece of furniture on which to recline. People have also called couches “divans,” “chesterfields” and “davenports.”

Although sales of new home furnishings slowed after the housing market crash and recession of 2008, they have begun to trend upwards Read More