Residential furniture orders saw slight gains in October, boding well for the industry which saw its 17-month string of year-over-year growth come to a halt in September. The latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors by High Point accounting and consulting firm Smith Leonard saw October new orders increase 1 percent over 2014 figures.

Washington - N-Hance Wood Renewal, a wood floor and cabinetry refinishing franchise partner of Home Depot, says it will expand in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and plans 15 new territories for the region.

The 2016 Top Shelf Closets Design Awards contest is well underway. Do you have an award-winning project?

CNC Software, Inc. and Sandvik Coromant plan to integrate Sandvik's Adveon Tool Library with CNC's Mastercam CAM software programs.

transFORM, a designer and manufacturer of custom storage solutions, hired Gavin Bromell as design manager, overseeing its Westchester and Fairfield County design team.

Lumber from the 80-year-old Norway spruce that was the 2015 Christmas tree Rockefeller Center will be donated to Habitat for Humanity to be used in local building projects.

Residential furniture manufacturer Ethan Allen, will provide furniture and décor for HGTV's Dream Home 2016 contest, while flooring manufacturer Lumber Liquidators, its sister company Cabinets To Go, Jeld-Wen windows and doors, and Bush Brothers office furniture also supplied the project.

Fabelli Group, an Italian furniture manufacturer and importer, recently expanded its operations with the acquisition of a warehouse – and a new U.S. headquarters – in Sunrise, Florida. The acquisition will allow Fabelli to enter a market that it says is dominated by Chinese imports.

Mark Kovich, a VP at cabinetry manufacturer American Woodmark, will become board chair of the National Kitchen & Bath Association, effective January 1, 2016. Kovich is VP sales and marketing at the kitchen cabinet firm's fast-growing Waypoint Living Spaces.

J&L Tonewood owner, Harold Clause Kupers, pleads guilty to trafficking illegally harvested big leaf maple from Gifford Pinchot National Forest located in Southwest Washington state.