A common room is a type of shared lounge , most often found in halls of residence or dormitories , at (for example) universities , colleges , military bases , hospitals , rest homes , hostels , and even minimum-security prisons . They are generally connected to several private rooms, and may incorporate a bathroom . They may also be found in secondary schools and sixth form colleges .
13-567: Regular features include couches , televisions , coffee tables , and other generic lounge furniture for socializing. Depending on its location and purpose of use, a common room may be known by another name. For instance, in mental hospitals , where access is usually restricted to the daytime hours, this type of room is often called a "day room". In Singapore, the term usually refers to a bedroom without attached bathroom in an HDB apartment unit. [REDACTED] Media related to Common rooms at Wikimedia Commons This article related to
26-427: A "sectional", is formed from multiple sections (typically two, three, or four) and usually includes at least two pieces which join at an angle of 90 degrees or slightly greater. Sectional sofas are used to wrap around walls or other furniture. Other variants include the divan , the fainting couch (backless or partial-backed) and the canapé (an ornamental three-seater). To conserve space, some sofas double as beds in
39-440: A couch is used primarily for seating , it may be used for sleeping . In homes, couches are normally put in the family room, living room , den, or lounge. They are sometimes also found in non-residential settings such as hotels , lobbies of commercial offices, waiting rooms , and bars . Couches can also vary in size, color, and design. The term couch originally denoted an item of furniture for lying or sleeping on. Couch
52-618: A long, vaulted, narrow room in Levantine homes. The divan in the sense of a sofa or couch entered the English language in 1702 and has been commonly known in Europe since about the middle of the 18th century. It was fashionable, roughly from 1820 to 1850, wherever the romantic movement in literature penetrated. All the boudoirs of that generation were garnished with divans. They spread to coffee-houses , sometimes known as divans or Turkish divans, and
65-412: A type of room in a building is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Couch A couch , also known as a sofa , settee , chesterfield , or davenport , is a cushioned item of furniture that can seat multiple people. It is commonly found in the form of a bench with upholstered armrests and is often fitted with springs and tailored cushion and pillows . Although
78-626: Is derived from the Arabic word suffah ("ledge/bench"), cognates with the Aramaic word sippa (" mat "). Nathan Bailey in his Dictionarium Britannicum (1730) defines sofa as a "a sort of alcove much used in Asia ... furnished with rich carpets and cushions." The word settee or setee comes from the Old English word setl , which was used to describe long benches with high backs and arms, but
91-419: Is now generally used to describe small upholstered seating structures. Both "sofa" and "settee" terms came into use in the beginning of the 18th century. Originally the settee defined a smaller sofa, but by the 20th century the distinction was lost. Other terms which can be synonymous with the above definition are divan , davenport , lounge , and canapé . In Canadian English , the word chesterfield
104-670: Is predominantly used in North America , Australia , South Africa , and Ireland , whereas the terms sofa and settee ( U and non-U ) are most commonly used in the United Kingdom and India . The word couch originated in Middle English from the Old French noun couche , which derived from the verb meaning "to lie down". The word sofa comes from the Turkish language and
117-500: Is used to describe any couch or sofa, particularly among older Canadians. According to a 1992 survey conducted in the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario , the term is quickly vanishing. The most common types of couches include the two-seater, sometimes referred to as a loveseat, and the sofa. The loveseat is designed for seating two people, while the sofa has more than two cushion seats. A sectional sofa, often just referred to as
130-467: The floor, or a raised structure or frame, with cushions to lean against. Divans received this name because they were generally found along the walls in Middle Eastern council chambers of a bureau called divan or diwan (from Persian , meaning a government council or office, from the bundles of papers they processed, and next to their council chambers). Divans are a common feature of the liwan ,
143-541: The form of sofa beds , daybeds , or futons . A furniture set consisting of a sofa with two matching chairs is known as a "chesterfield suite" or "living-room suite". In the UK, the word chesterfield was used to refer to any couch in the 1900s. A chesterfield now describes a deep buttoned sofa, usually made from leather, with arms and back of the same height. The first chesterfield, with its distinctive deep buttoned, quilted (or "tufted" ) leather upholstery and lower seat base,
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#1732848931909156-519: The padding for more support, although some don't. Divan (furniture) A divan ( Turkish divan , Hindi deevaan originally from Kurdish devan ) is a piece of couch -like sitting furniture or, in some regions, a box-spring -based bed. Primarily, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire ), a divan was a long seat formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon
169-425: Was commissioned by Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773). A couch consists of a frame, springs, padding, and a covering. The frame is usually made of wood, but can also be made of steel, plastic or laminated boards. Sofa padding is made from foam, down, feathers, fabric or a combination thereof. Sofa coverings are usually made out of soft leather, corduroy or linen. Couches commonly have springs under
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