terryKOVEL news@floridaweekly.com Getting dressed was more complicated for a well-to-do woman in the 19th century. She wore undergarments, a camisole, petticoats, a laced corset, long stockings, shoes, a dress and accessories. To help with this…

Former Henredon CEO writes history, memoir Heath Combs -- Furniture Today, April 6, 2016 HIGH POINT — Former Henredon CEO Mike Dugan has written a 50-year history and memoir of the furniture industry called, "The…

Written by Becca Manning When brothers Harold and Richard Tubman decided to open a new Circle Furniture store in Pembroke, times were certainly different.“The future was a lot rosier then than it is now,” said…

By Haywood Brewster The 23rd Street Armory Antiques Show, this April 17-19, 2016, has something very special to offer visitors. Not only will they have the opportunity to shop among 44 booths of quality and…

Pontiac, Ill. -Walking into a flea market one will never know what might be found. Such a place has opened in Pontiac. Vermilion Street Flea Market Antiques and Collectibles will have its grand opening on…

By Richard Craver | Journal Reporter It's getting harder to find a silver lining amid gloomy home-furnishings orders and sales. Domestic manufacturers and marketers experienced a 24 percent decline in orders to a value of nearly…

We are all on a budget these days, but the desire for something new or different continues. Who doesn't like a little something special for their house to make the room brighter or to help…

By Alice T. Carter TRIBUNE-REVIEW For collectors of antiques or those attempting to restore an older home there's no finer way to spend the day than rooting through shops in search of the perfect doorknob,…