British Guy reacts to Furniture you can only find in America...

[@MoreAdamCouser]

Road to 22,000 followers (pls help)😂 www.twitch.tv/adamcouser

[@bobbiejojackson9448]

One thing that I've noticed when traveling in the UK and Europe, is that y'all have really thin mattresses. 😅 It took me some getting used to at first and my back always gets pretty angry when it's been away from my 14" thick mattress at home. Y'all have really flat pillows, too. My bed pillows are more like 3 of yours combined. But, as they say, everything is extra in the good ole US of A! 😂 🇺🇲 🇬🇧

[@Redhotandblue89]

Those fancy chairs you like only run about $40 where I live lol

[@bethmccracken8192]

@@Redhotandblue89 yes 🙌 we love them here in the smoky mountains because when the wind gust is intense they tip over, much more practical than running around chasing your chairs ❤️

[@fee4900]

I didn't know that he lived in the USA.

[@fee4900]

Yes our mattress goes on top of a box spring mattress so it insures a great night sleep.

[@BeardedDad72]

Porches, decks and patios are pretty common and popular here in the US. Porches are usually in the front of the house and have a roof. Decks are usually on the back of the house and are uncovered. Patios are flush to the ground and made of stones, usually. Porches are used for sitting outside and socializing. Decks are usually an extension of the kitchen. People will eat outside on the deck and also will cook. Patios are for chilling often with a fire pit at night. This is all just my experience though.

[@lauralackner6856]

Couch, sofa, davenport, and yes we used to soar as high as possible on those swings! Sometimes standing on the swing instead of sitting. Oh the memories 😂

[@michaeltipton5500]

My Grandma called hers a Davan.

[@JIMBEARRI]

In the US, a "Settee" is a two-seat sofa. Furniture stores commonly sell "Living Room Suites" that include a matching sofa [three or four seat], settee and arm chair. The term "Davenport" came from the Davenport Furniture Company in Massachusetts.

[@mayhemacres725]

Where I live, the 'two-seat' sofa is called a loveseat.

[@KTKacer]

Mostly couch, sofa, Davenport, Lounge, Divan, Chesterfield, shorter ones: love seat, day bed. Yeah, pretty sure Adirondack chairs are available over across the pond - maybe start at the larger stores and work your way to Costcos if you must ;)

[@reginafarley1325]

When the Murphy bed was first being used they had a tendency to fold back up with you in it. They put a small chain with a hook on the end of the bed & hammered a bent over nail on the floor to hook the bed to, so you wouldn't get folded back up into the wall. Yes , people got stuck in the wall & had to scream for help to get out. No, you couldn't move the bent nail. Yes people broke their toes on it. Yes, this is true.

[@maracourtroul2728]

😂 true! Remember the ironing boards too?!

[@davidtallman-my4os]

We had a Davenport back in the 1960’s, the backrest would fold down flat turning the Davenport into full size bed. Also we refer to a settee as a couch that only seats 2 people!

[@WuznMe]

The Murphy bed isn't as popular, but for small spaces, especially tiny homes, it's there. They actually have some cool ones where it raises to the ceiling which makes so much more sense because it doesn't take away from wall space.

[@alanaldpal950]

A bed that raises to the ceiling, while nifty, is …… not a Murphy bed

[@sandyangel4243]

Box springs extends the life of your mattress

[@Highlander-s5p]

Murphy beds ( the ones that fold up into walls , have been around for over a century , great for small places such as studios .

[@MoreAdamCouser]

True!

[@patriciacole3030]

Adirondack chairs are very comfortable. I have two in my back yard and they don't need any cushions.

[@bethmccracken8192]

I love my Adirondacks chairs and I am a baby boomer now I have to be honest here I do love the extra big cushiony beds in America they made my spine ❤smile but what do I know I’m just an old lady come to me when you want some good cooking love your channel❤ however I positively love your back gardens absolutely enchanting

[@KatrinaM1234]

With the swing, we would always see who could get the highest and time their jump just right to see who could land the farthest. Who cared that there were tree roots sticking out of the ground right where we were landing.

[@tembummuzik5001]

Murphy beds are great for small spaces. They do have motorized ones that fold up at the push of a button, but those are insanely expensive. I have even seen where the Murphy bed has a flip down desk for when the bed is closed in the wall unit.

[@twilightmemoryfox]

Sofa, Couch, Sette, Loveseat for a 2 seater, a davenport is a specific style. That's the inside of a box spring, it's used for a double height bed, some bed frames also set in rather than on so you use a box spring to elevate the mattress above the framing. It lowers movement, increases support without reducing comfort and provides height to the bed. Porch swings are front porch things in the south or rural midwest, back porch is more common in the north or west coast but a lot of areas don't even have porches let alone space for swing in general. I love Murphy beds, they are great for small spaces where every inch counts, they are making a comeback because of population.Adirondack chairs are annoying, but it's also cozy

[@MisDaOcean]

Tldr

[@Yeetin_Peas]

My grandmother (born in the 1920s) would call a couch a davenport. A boxspring is below the mattress and is a wooden frame with springs in it. This is then set onto a metal frame. However, there are "platform beds that just use the matress. A garden her eis a place you grow plants (vegetables, herbs, flowers) a lawn is an expanse of grass. You can have both in your yard. Or you can have "desert landscaping" or xeriscaping which is drought resistant plants.

[@dlmullins9054]

After retiring from building houses, i started building lawn chairs as a hobby mainly, but then people began asking me to build them lawn furniture sets. It was fun and i created my own plans and styles to the point i began making one piece picnic tables with the table and chair all made into one unit. Then later i started building them to resemble stagecoaches etc... The seats or benches would be built similar with curved backs and seats. I also built heavy duty lawn furniture i called 'Sturdy Boy'. That was years ago but sometimes i still think about re-starting. It's a lot of work for a 72 year old man with back injuries though, so i probably won't. I liked your video. Thanks!

[@Lea-ry2wk]

As an older woman I can tell you those swings were used and were so much fun. We would always see who could go the highest.

[@sherryscott8084]

Yes I remember those old swing sets in school. They were great

[@Proudtman]

I may only be 33, but I remember doing that in elementary school

[@whyme7996]

And the standing on the seat as you pump your legs to get higher and higher...good times.

[@MichaelCrawford-me1rg]

When I was little, my whole family - aunts, uncles, cousins - would gather at my great-grandmother's house for lunch every Saturday. After lunch, in warm weather, the big entertainment was sitting on the front porch, talking and waving at passing traffic, (it was rural North Carolina in the '70s - there wasn't much to do). The first spot on the porch swing was Great-Grandma's, and my brothers and I always raced for the second seat, beside her. ... That's a good memory you brought back, Adam. Thanks.

[@eeyore6532]

The Murphy bed: 1885: Sarah E. Goode, an African American inventor, patented the first cabinet bed, a precursor to the modern Murphy bed. Her design allowed the bed to fold up against the wall, providing a space-saving solution for small rooms. Late 1890s: William Lawrence Murphy, a young inventor from San Francisco, created the first modern Murphy bed.

[@franklopez2454]

I love our front and back porches! And yes, I can often be found sitting out on them on a cool winter day sipping a whiskey.

[@MrJest2]

We got a Murphy bed for the bedroom we use mainly as an office. It was kind of stupid-expensive, but helps keep the space in the room for office chairs, desks, etc. We just pull it down when we have enough guests to use all three extra bedrooms, like when our kids come visit. When it's folded up, there is a couch that sits in front; you pull the cushions off the couch when you fold it down. And yes, due to the angles and structure, "Adirondack Chairs" are shockingly comfy, despite usually having little to no cushion. A friend of ours (who lives up in the mountains) has several around the fire pit in his back yard, and I've fallen asleep in one of them more than once. 😋

[@dianasantos2162]

Those long, high swings are my favorite!!

[@VirginiaPeden-Harrington-qd5zu]

My mother called a couch a Davenport all of her 93 years. She thought the words sofa and couch sounded like rich people talk and Davenport sounded like poor people. She believed she was poor (owned her own home and car). Her parents were German immigrants - does that explain it?

[@wtfminny]

I’ve a Murphy bed in my den. It’s a den 90% of the time. However, overnight guests use it. I remove a picture from the wall, flip a switch and the bed folds out of the wall. When the guests leave, I remove the linens and fold it back into place. I then hit the switch to lock it back in place and hang the picture back up.

[@anjoleeeickhoff6800]

Yeah we use the word settee but usually only when we’re referring to a two seater couch or another word we use is loveseat. So a loveseat and settee are one and the same here in central Illinois. The other thing I will mention is a settee is usually a piece of outdoor furniture. We have some outdoor wicker furniture and when we bought it 20 years ago the two seater couch which we usually call a loveseat was called a settee when we purchased it. I know others who have a settee outside but most two seater indoor couches are called loveseats. At least that seems to be the breakdown here in our neck of the woods. We call sofas a couch most of the time but we do call them sofas sometimes and we also call them a sofa couch sometimes. Settees are usually called loveseats when they are indoors and settees when they are outdoors however they are sometimes called by either title whether indoor or outdoor. Murphy beds come in all kinds of decorative designs that are made to be a space saver in a small area.

[@redjack9999]

Here in Canada we called a sofa a Chesterfield.

[@scottabercrombie376]

Settee is used to describe the “couch” in a boat whether it be a sailboat or a powerboat. My grandmother always called it a davenport.

[@patriciawoitkowski522]

In Disney World, if you stay at the Villas in the resorts, they have murphy beds in the living room wall. The Villas are like small apartments you can stay at, with bedrooms, kitchens and living rooms. To provide more sleeping accomodations in each room, they have these (very nice) murphy beds you can pull down as well as one in the living room console.

[@t.bartley5768]

I normally call it either a couch or sofa somewhat interchangeable but my grandma has always called it a davenport.

[@darrinkleyla1587]

You've never tried to get the swing to go all the way around? Never? We Gen Xers always tried to, on the school playground. I still have scars from when I fell off the swing when we got too high. 😊

[@MoreAdamCouser]

Haha nah we did but never swings that size! 😂

[@dcbs8691]

​@MoreAdamCouser Those large swings absolutely are real. We would swing as high as possible and either jump off or flip off. Great fun as a kid. I would never think of doing it today. I'd break my neck.😂😅

[@dianasantos2162]

So many tries to go all the way 'round, did it only once when I was 11, then quit trying. Yeah, today I'd break my neck 😅

[@hopegeoghegan4184]

❤❤❤

[@jdwilmoth]

Same here and the school I went to didn't have all that protective coating on the ground it was asphalt

[@alanaldpal950]

Interesting thing about porches. My parents owned an old “colonial” waterfront house in Maryland (Chesapeake Bay) where the back faced unbelievable water and sunset views, but only the boxed in kitchen and original servants quarters faced the back yard with the views. The family room and the front porch faced the relatively busy street as it was common or normal for folks to sit or hang out on the street side porch where you could see your neighbors and all the “commings and goings”.

[@patricialavery8270]

Couch. My dad's generation used davenport. Front porches are used for more socializing with non-family or casual friends. Like maybe the cliché of the teenage girl and her boyfriend. It is a public area so more formal behavior is expected. Back porches are for more intimate gatherings, family ,close friends, maybe a trusted co-worker. Typically a back porch would be where any alcohol might be consumed, at least in my family. In California where I am from porches were less common, at least in the post war housing I grew up in. In The South before A/C porches were used to escape the heat of the house in the evening. In Texas a roofed over porch or veranda was preferred, to avoid the intense sun, rather than an open deck or patio, though those exist.

[@TXTeacher1111]

My grandmother always called the couch a “divan.” As in, “Come in! Have a seat on the divan. Would you like a tea?”

[@NerdyNanaSimulations]

My grandmother called it a davenport, but haven't heard the term recently. She was born and raised in Delaware so maybe they still say that there, or maybe like a lot of terms it is known but no longer used. The Murphy bed has been upgraded, they now have ones that go up on the ceiling instead of the wall, touch of a button. For the newest inventions in space saving furniture check out Expand Furniture Space Saving Ideas by Expand furniture

[@tjlarson6519]

My grandmother ALWAYS called it a davenport

[@RamblingRose08]

That's a couch 😊 But yes we use sofa and settee as well (but we pronounce it differently).

[@manxkin]

Sofa, couch or Davenport. Usually a couch. No. We, well I, wouldn’t call it a settee. There’s usually a heavy fabric cover over the springs. I don’t have a big porch, just the front stoop so no porch swing. When I was a kid my grade school had a great swing set. We would see how high we could swing then jump off. Some friends of mine had an old apartment with a Murphy bed. Adirondack chairs are comfy. Not always easy to get out of.

[@TeresaGrimes-q3g]

I am just seeing this. Yes, my great grandparents (I'm speaking from early 1960's) there was a sitting room, that the DAVENPORT was in. And NO box springs, wooden slats. Agree, box springs is/was a torture device. Have 1,2 maybe 3 springs POP OUT😮! OWWWWE! The Murphy Bed is brilliant.

[@Brenda-f9y]

I love sitting out on my balcony early in the morning or later in the evening during the summer. I live by Phoenix, Arizona so if you sit outside in the summer you have to do it either really early in the morning, typically before 5am or later in the evening, after 10 or 11pm. Now if you do it in the spring or fall then usually it's nice all day (except for this year apparently since we're still breaking record highs (46.67*C today).

[@lesaahrenstein6360]

You put your sette in The Parlour. I say that in a really snooty tone. I don't know how much it happens now but my grandparents you always had the best looking Sofas in your front room or parlor and you weren't allowed to sit on them because they were so nice. So what people would do is cover them with plastic designed specifically to put over your sofa. I say sofa more than I say couch. We also have pull-out beds. Those are couches or sofa that when you lift up the seat cushions you can pull out a mattress or that doubles as a bed. We had one in our guest room so when people came to visit they had a place to sleep and when the room wasn't being used it went back to the sewing room. The thing with a Murphy bed is that you use it so that you can have more space which means at night you have to move everything that you put their like chairs and a coffee table so you can pull out the bed.

[@garycamara9955]

A Murphy bed folds into the wall. A convertible bed is a couch.

[@LadyHusker999]

@lesaahrenstein6360 we always called the couch that had the bed under the cushions a hideaway sofa. If it didn't have a bed it was just couch 😅🤷‍♀️

[@lauriereinertsen]

That’s a couch but we say sofa too. Settee❤ is a two seater and no we don’t use it for couch. Davenport is still used. Yes, springs used to be open springs in beds - they are covered and called box springs, now. Porches are at the front - decks in the back. I hate Murphy beds but probably good for small apts. or company.

[@KateSuhrgirlPlays]

A sofa or 3 seater in USA we call a couch usually. If it's a 2 seater it's called a love seat. If it's a 3 seater with like a corner 4th seat at the end like an L shape almost, that usually is called a sectional.

[@missygatian1783]

Falling asleep on a warm Autumn day with a breeze is fabulous. Love it.

[@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944]

Even though I grew up in NYC, my parents were from Wisconsin, and they called a couch a davenport. I never heard them use the word settee, but I think that word is used in some places in the south.

[@nanner3200]

Interesting that so many here use the word "Settee" for a loveseat (couch built for 2) My husband and I owned a furniture store for over 25 years and never used that word. Might be regional? And yes. When I was a kid (60's/70's) my parents used to call a sofa/couch a davenport. As for an Adirondack chair. Personally I find them very uncomfortable. I don't think I've ever seen one with cushions.

[@jaysverrisson1536]

I know Murphy beds mostly as props for shenanigans in old movies and sitcoms. However, a friend of mine once lived in a century-old apartment that used to have a built-in Murphy bed, but which had been removed and the niche in the wall reused as a storage closet.

[@markballard9942]

I've heard it called sofa, couch and davenport. One set of grandparents always called it a davenport.

[@seanmetcalf918]

Hey man I recently found your channel after having to run screaming in annoyance from another "Brit v America" channel because of his abject stupidity. You are the king. And I'm from Wisconsin so basically all the terms he uses are the same we all do here. Keep up the bangers and good luck to the channel.

[@MoreAdamCouser]

I appreciate you Sean, thanks brother!

[@saddletramp9714]

Box springs is pretty common under the mattress

[@patkaiser7177]

My mother used to call the sofa a davenport. I call it sofa and sometimes a couch.

[@SuePajcic]

I live in a little cottage, but it has a nice front porch. But not all houses have porches. It seems to me that if your house was built in the southern US, porches are more common because it's a place to sit in the shade on hot days. A porch also gives a small house more room to use out of the weather. I don't have a swing, but use garden chairs instead.

[@isolde1802]

I live a few miles from the Adirondak Mts. so I grew up with these chairs. They are well built and probably the most comfortable chair to sit in. The wooden ones are the best, but I have used the plastic ones and they are ok for the beach or around the pool.

[@boroblueyes]

If it's kinda soft and fluffy, I call it a couch, if it is fairly hard and has exposed wood, I call it a sofa. Kinda depends on what it was called when I was young. We had a sleeper sofa in the den and a couch in the living room. I spent many days on my Grandparents front porch swing. Adirondack chairs are easy to build. You could build two in 2-3 hours and a couple of pints.

[@lyndabonadie5294]

We love our front porches and decks! . I cannot remember not having people just dropping by to say hello or hang out for a while or a quick bite to eat. We are a social bunch and that's why the porch is in the front

[@terrorbillyjean]

Murphy beds are so cool. Perfect for guest beds and studio apartments. Used to have one in an apartment built in the 1900s, it was so ancient and squeaky 😂

[@Dandee268]

It cracks me up he keeps telling the planes to shut up and all I hear ate cicadas. 😂

[@lindakellogg7890]

I am a child of the sixties and lived in a rural area. We called our sofas davenports.

[@tinahairston6383]

Correct that porches large enough to accommodate a porch swing are going to be covered so weather has little to do with it. I would love to have a Murphy bed in the bedroom we mostly use now as a den space. We have a pullout loveseat sofa so it's nice enough but because of size of the room and the other things in it, it's harder to use it without moving stuff out of the way first. They have so many design styles now that it could look like a small bookcase hideaway instead of a full wall unit.

[@Ratz8861]

In Iowa we called it a Davenport. There is a town 40 miles from here called Davenport it is part of the Quad Cities.

[@maracourtroul2728]

Yes. I live in a small studio apartment in California and have a full sized Murphy bed. The apartment building I live in is actually on the Main Street of gold mining town built in the 1800's. Sonora California

[@reginafarley1325]

The Adirondack chair helps with posture. When you sit in a regular chair, your spine is bent over. In the Adirondack chair, your spine is more straight. It gives a persons lungs more room to expand so helps with breathing problems.

[@susanworkman529]

Adam, you can buy a kit for the chair and put it together by yourself. My dad made several of them himself for the goats in the 1930's. I still had one in the cellar ( albiet needing repairs) when I sold my house. I had to leave it behind.. They are quite comfy.

[@chrisswinerton9603]

Couch has 3 cushions and a loveseat has 2 cushions. ❤

[@heartnsoul9093]

Porches are the best! Even though I now live in an apartment, I have a front porch and a back porch, both covered. Plus, I'm on the second floor, so I can sit and watch the storms roll in. You're right, Adam. Nothing like sitting on the porch during a rain storm! I've even sat during snow storms! Yeah, I love my porches 💜

[@deborahdean]

Our front porch was too small for a porch swing. We had an old frame from a swing set that Daddy converted to hold a bench swing. We spent a lot of time sitting out there in the summer.

[@redcurrantart]

Box springs are awesome. If you can find real ones and not just.. a box. It works like shock absorbers. It also is great when you’re a kid because it makes the bed more springy

[@tmae33]

I'm 5'3". If I sit back in an Adirondack chair, my knees don't make it to the edge of the seat so my feet stick out like a little kid. We won't discuss trying to get out of the bloody thing.

[@JIMBEARRI]

That IS the first airplane. It's the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk,

[@metalslinger]

The box spring usually goes under the foam mattress. It's there to offer more support.

[@Newyrnewme]

2 cushions is a loveseat and 3-4 is couch and L or U shape is a sectional.

[@nickf5892]

There’s something extremely relaxing about sitting on my porch and watching cars drive by.

[@garycamara9955]

There aren't many porches here. Porches are always on the front of the house.

[@revgurley]

I interchangeably use couch or sofa. Whatever comes to mind first. A settee is usually like a "loveseat" - a short sofa for 2 people.

[@dontaylor7239]

I grew up in Pennsylvania. My family used Davenport.

[@gmunden1]

Modular Murphy bed systems do exist in the US. It's popular for small spaces. The modular systems are modern and attractive.

[@Highlander-s5p]

a settee is the same as a love seat , it sits 2 people where as a couch sits 3 and a sectional sits 4 or more

[@mildredpierce4506]

If you watch old movies from like the 30s and 40s, you will sometimes see Murphy bed inside apartments. It was not commonplace in a home.

[@doozer4456]

My grand parents called the sofa a “Davenport” but that was fifty years ago.

[@victoriah.2083]

The Adirondack chairs are hard to get out of for many peeps.😂

[@nickf5892]

Adam! Growing up my childhood home had a porch across the front ! Around 10 meters long. It was covered and my brother and I would always build a blanket fort and watch the storms!!

[@lotuslove2186]

My Grandmother used to say Davenport. I don't think I would ever call it a settee, sounds like something in golf.

[@elainehaynes1168]

The Adirondack chairs are extremely comfortable. Because of the angle of the seat your back and bottom are naturally pushed back and fit snuggly to the back of the chair and give you great support.

[@ruthhibbett595]

It’s covered with material but you put that down and your mattress on top of it and it makes the bed much much much more comfortable

[@garycamara9955]

We have a swing just like that in McNear park in Petaluma California. I swung on it when I was a kid. It's still there.

[@TKMars11]

My cousins live 3 hours away in New York. I live in Ohio. Regional language differences are real! If someone came into my house I would say... Go into the living room, sit on the couch and I'll grab you a pop out of the refrigerator. My cousins would say... Go into the parlor, sit on the davenport and I'll grab you a soda out of the icebox.

[@YetiUprising]

lol I thought those cicadas in the background of Lawrence were coming from outside my window.

[@garycamara9955]

You don't use a button to fold a murphy bead. You just fold it up into the wall.

[@Berto2K]

sofa, couch... either one. I've heard and used both at times. But mostly couch.

[@tobylewis6442]

Settee mainly, or sometimes Sofa for me. My parents are from different parts of north west england, not sure who I inherit settee from. My Grandma had a couch, but it was a weird knee high foot stool thing that was also sat on, I'm not sure if that's regionally specific or just family specific and incorrect

[@johng.4711]

It’s true. Every American has a bed that folds into a wall. All of us.

[@robertmartin5643]

Or a couch.... Lol

[@peteyann13]

My granny and pap called the couch a davinport. My Pap was born in 1906, and was raised in east Ohio, and my Granny was born in 1909, and raised in southeastern Ohio.

[@cynthiafulbright7389]

Bought a house with a front porch just to buy a swing. Love it too bad I can only use it rarely since summers are so hot here in Texas. I love having coffee or iced tea while sitting on my porch under the ceiling fan outside.

[@mildredpierce4506]

Couch is more common, but people still say sofa. There is a store called sofa you love. The term sofa and couch interchangeable .

[@dahuffy]

We did have park swings that were that tall when I was child in the 1960's

[@sport2433]

Haha in Canada we also call a sofa a chesterfield

[@cparle87]

Did know that about the adirondack chairs and the tuburculosis. That's really need. Got the person sitting comfortably but strill kinda spread out to help the chest expand.

[@tandaknights9047]

There are beds that can drop down out of the ceiling. Seen on a decorating competition Drag it out into the water and sit in it.

[@ryanduggan7632]

If you can’t buy an Adirondack Chair in the UK you can always just make your own. They’re incredibly easy to make. Just find a good template online and you’re good to go. Plus, you can customize it to your exact liking. Maybe add a cup holding so you can kick back with a lovely pint of Guiness😂

[@darrinlindsey]

I believe that plane was THE first one that took flight. Orville and Wilber worked long and hard on that thing.

[@scottbiggs4169]

Orville and Wilder Wright flew the first ever machine heavier than air on a sand dune in Kill Devil Hills, NC. The location is now a state park with a huge monument and visitor center. I grew up not far from there.

[@darrinlindsey]

@@scottbiggs4169 Hmm. We were taught that it took place at Kitty Hawk.

[@scottbiggs4169]

@@darrinlindseyAt the time it was known as Kitty Hawk. However, it is known Kill Devil Hills.

[@darrinlindsey]

@@scottbiggs4169 I see both on the map.

[@toodlescae]

That's a couch or sofa. Smaller version is a live seat (my grandma called that a settee). My couch has 3 cushions while the love seat only has 2.

[@Brendo2186]

That's a couch. My grandmother used to call them a "Divan" but I've never heard younger generations use that term.