The French call furniture meubles, meaning moveables. Furniture uses forces in construction that are rare in buildings. For example the tension shell, of a windsor chair. B. Furniture and buildings are similar in many ways. They share framing systems, turnings, and moldings, finish.
Materials are often the same.
Both of construction and finish. Furniture was often created en suite with the building. Until the 19th century both furniture and buildings were made upon the buyers request, and not for show rooms. Obviously furniture remains handmade until the 19th century. Both furniture and buildings change in response to changes in fashion.