Standard Furniture CEO Todd Evans will step down from his position at the residential furniture manufacturer. He will act as an advisor to the leadership team in a transition period through Nov. 1.

Standard Furniture will cease manufacturing laminated casegoods at its Bay Minette, Alabama, location by March 31, and relocate its home accessories and warehousing operations to the location. Approximately 185 jobs will be cut.

Standard Furniture Manufacturing will be featured in the “Project Homeward Bound” series on the popular home improvement show Designing Spaces.

Furniture manufacturing at Standard Furniture is expected to be back to 100 percent by Monday following fires Tuesday night, April 5, at the two sawdust collection silos.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided against hearing a case challenging the controversial Byrd Amendment, potentially freeing at least $60 million held by the U.S. government to be distributed to the petitioners of the 2004 furniture antidumping case against wood bedroom furniture made in China.