This is a series of articles showing innovative furniture, and it is full of interesting ideas that cause you to think differently. For example, this is bedroom furniture:

8 Highly Unconventional Modern Bedroom Furniture Sets: From Self-Defense Tables to Mouse-Trap Beds

This is kid furniture:

10 Pieces of Unusually Awesome Furniture for Kids

Look at the bottom of the article for 4 more links in the series.

If you want to see lots of different furniture ideas in person, there is the National Furniture Show in NYC:

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