Event Coverage

Carpenters return with Ellen for an armoirier HGTV Design Challenge,

Ellen Degeneres' Design Challenge show, in which furniture creators get an assist from carpenters to build new furniture designs, will return for a second season. The reality program hit a bump first season when the winning entry, a desk by woodworker Tim McClellan of Western Heritage Furniture, was withdrawn following charges its design was copied.

Magazine

Top Woodworking Tools & Technology from 2015

FDMC magazine's Will Sampson looks at key wood manufacturing technology and tools from 2015, with examples of each. "It was a good year for the woodworking industry and an especially good year for innovations in tools for professional woodworking," says Sampson. "All these tools represent significant advances in their categories."

Furniture

Residential furniture orders resumed gains in October 2015

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.