The High Point Market furniture show, a barometer of trends in furnishings, is also a good setting for a survey of hardwood trends. Every couple years Tom Inman of the American Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc.surveys hardwood trends in furniture. Here's the most recent for bedroom furniture.
A consortium of more than 40 Canadian woodworking shops that build furniture brought their shared manufacturing model to furniture buyers and sellers at the fall 2015 High Point Market in North Carolina last month.
Ekornes of Norway launched a customized seating offering, StresslessYOU, during High Point Market. Operating six factories in Norway, Ekornes does about 29 percent of its ergonomic seating business in the U.S., where it assembles sofas in Morgantown, NC.
Kohler's Baker furniture unit mines its design archives to launch Milling Road as its own distinct furnishings brand with a new collection in collaboration with internationally known designer Kara Mann.
The Made in America Pavilion at the High Point Market allows furniture makers to showcase not only their products but also highlight domestic manufacturing.
Residential furniture firms bring large numbers of introductions to the High Point, NC, 2012 Fall Furniture Market. More than 75,000 attendees are expected at the six-day event, which closes Thursday, Oct. 18.
New household furniture orders rebounded in May, benefiting from the later dates of the Spring High Point Market, according to Smith Leonard's monthly survey of furniture makers and distributors.