Let's be honest, you spend about a third of your life in bed. So, it makes sense to care about what that bed is made of, how it's built, and where it comes from. If…
A Look at the Future of the Hardwood…
By Chaille Brindley   Last year, the National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) selected Mark Barford as its new top executive. Mark joined NHLA after serving in the lumber industry as an association executive for more…
No buyer for the house … or the…
In boom or bust, furniture companies' fortunes reflect state of housing market By TONI WHITT When Jeff Bacon opened the Drexel Heritage Store on South Tamiami Trail in Sarasota two years ago, business could not…
High Point Market’s Bedding Center relocates, expands
David Perry -- Furniture Today, Bedding producers will gather in Plaza Suites HIGH POINT — Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. is relocating and expanding The Bedding Center that it launched here at the spring High Point…
1800mattress.com Survey of 4,700 Callers Reveals Buying Trend
By: Furniture World Magazine  A survey of 4,700 callers who called the 1800mattress.com call center in late July and have school-age children who sleep at home or in dormitories revealed that a staggering 72-percent…
Leasing veteran Goldsby joins High Point’s IHFC
Furniture Today, Had been VP at Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. HIGH POINT — Veteran leasing executive Walt Goldsby has joined the International Home Furnishings Center as vice president of leasing, a new position for High…
Diana’s brother to promote line of furniture here
By Jeff Keeling,Press Business Writer The late Princess Diana’s younger brother Charles will visit a local furniture shop Sept. 8 to promote a line of furniture based on his ancestral home. Owner Carl Young of…
Furniture Fire cause remains a mystery
Smoldering even today, what once was Butler's Furniture is still being checked out. Now the top state investigators are in Athens sifting through the debris and searching for a cause. State Fire Marshall Edward S. Paulk…
Gothic fantasy castle inspires young furniture designer
by Rin Simpson, Western Mail A RANGE of furniture inspired by some of Wales’ most significant historic sites has gone on display at the London New Designers Show. Up-and-coming furniture designer Cathy Evans, from Pontyclun,…