A collapsible furniture item, such as a chair or stool, can be easily interconverted between an in-use, or deployed, configuration and a stowed configuration. A single push button may be used to cause the legs of the furniture to automatically deploy from the stowed configuration. A latch on each leg may retain the furniture in either the deployed or the stowed configurations. Arms may pivotably extending from the legs to form a seat of a chair or stool, or a top of a table, for example. The arms may telescope to form different configurations for the chair. When stowed, at least a portion of the arms are disposed within a channel formed by the legs, resulting in a compact stowed configuration. In the stowed configuration, multiple devices may join together for ease of transportation.