Household Items In Japanese

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Here are some common household items as they are called in Japanese!
Of course the word is there in English first, Japanese second. I like doing these Japanese lessons and hope that you find them helpful!

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window – mado
tv – Terebe
desk  – tsukue
bookcase  – hondana
chair – isu
closet  – oshiire
door  –  tobira
telephone   –  denwa
cabinet   –  tansu
remote controller  – rimo-kon
mirror  –   mirror or kagami
room light   –   shitunai-to
air conditioner    –   air-kon
humidifier  -?kashitsu-ki
refridgerator   –   reizo-ko
washing machine   –    sentaku-ki
kitchen knife    –   ho-cho
pan  – nabe
frying-pan   – furai-pan
ladle   –   otama
bowl – donburi/owan
dish   –  o-sara
knife   –  naifu
fork   – foku
spoon   –  supuun
kitchen  –   kicchin or daidokoro
bed room    –  beddo ruum or shin-shitsu
living room    –  ribingu ruum or o-setsu shitsu
family foom i-ma or cha-no-ma
living floor   – yuka
store room   –  monooki
bath(tub) room  –  furo-ba
toilet room  –  toire  or  o-benjyo

Which word did you find the most confusing? Which one made the most sense to you? Did you notice that a few sound very similar to English in one of their usable forms?