Emmett Agee creates beautiful wood furniture By MARK NEWMAN Courier staff writer OTTUMWA — If Emmett Agee shopped at furniture stores, he’d be broke. Agee and his wife, Esther, have a house filled with hand-carved…

By: Furniture World Magazine  According to THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, "Gordon's Furniture Store in downtown Statesville is closing after 90 years, as consumers continue to gravitate toward chains, Gordon family members told the Observer." The article…

HIGH POINT, N.C. -- A building that resembles a giant chest of drawers in High Point is getting new life as a venue for parties. The so-called "Big Bureau" was built in High Point in…

The remaining stock of one of the region's largest importers and wholesalers of garden furniture is to go under the hammer in Scunthorpe. The sell-off will include everything from top quality teak chairs and tables…

Furniture Today, Keeps operating with new financing NETTLETON, Miss. – PeopLoungers, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, will continue operating despite an effort by a Mississippi bank to get the motion furniture producer to…

Furniture Today, Says bank seized operating funds DETROIT — Furniture Express here said it has closed all of its locations. The Romulus, Mich.-based retailer said in a release that its lender, Comerica, seized all operating…

Furniture Express announced that it has closed all of its locations after actions taken by Comerica Bank. The company said that while negotiations continued, Comerica seized all operating funds, leaving Furniture Express no choice but…

ScienceDaily (http://www.sciencedaily.com) reported that, "A mysterious epidemic of thyroid disease among pet cats in the United States may be linked to exposure to dust shed from flame retardants in household carpeting, furniture, fabrics and pet…