Humans have invented an endless variety of furniture for a variety of roles within structures for comfort, storage, or activities.

The traditional roles of furniture remain, but adaptations to space-faring provide unique additions and uses to familiar items.

Beds

Chairs

Chests

Desks

Dressers

Lockers

Shelves

Sofas

Stands

Tables

Workbenches

Collapsible: lightweight frames and mesh or fabric, such as used for camping or other wilderness expeditions

High Gravity: extra sturdy, rounded, and padded to avoid harder shocks

Low Gravity: lighter designs for low gravity, similar to collapsible furniture

Microgravity: Designed with additional straps, belts, hooks, loops, nets, and other aids to use between periods of thrust. May also be designed for stowing in racks or bulkhead compartments.

Vacuum-Rated: Designed to withstand vacuum including improved lubricants for moving parts and hardening against extremes of temperature in shade or direct solar exposure.

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