English needs two forms, there is and there are. French has one, and it never changes: il y a.

• Il y a un canapé. — There's a sofa.
• Il y a deux chambres. — There are two bedrooms.

In relaxed speech it often shrinks to y a — but write and learn the full il y a. Here are the rooms and furniture of a home:

French	English
le salon	the living room
la cuisine	the kitchen
la chambre	the bedroom
la salle de bains	the bathroom
les toilettes (always plural)	the toilet
le balcon	the balcony
le jardin	the garden
le lit · le canapé	the bed · the sofa
la table · la chaise	the table · the chair

La pièce is any room in a home. La chambre is a room you sleep in — a bedroom, or a hotel room — never just any room: a classic trap for English speakers.