by Home News Now got started covering the High Point Market early this season as it headed downtown more than a week before the official opening. Throughout the next 11 days, we went to dozens of showrooms as well as market parties that drew crowds from around the industry. The pace, as always, is frenzied, but the end result is positive in that we get to see hundreds of new products and meet up with many industry contacts and friends. Below is a glimpse at what we captured at this market in and outside the showrooms for one of the industry’s biggest events of the year.
The Products
This bed is part of the Tide & Timber collection seen at Vaughan-Bassett. It is available in eight different fabrics and four different wood stains for the wood treatment.
The Uma showroom featured a mix of accents, accessories, lighting, mirrors and indoor and outdoor furniture, including these Adirondack chairs shown in this vignette.
The Brighton bedroom by Napa Furniture Design is made with solid mindi and is shown in a dry Driftwood finish. The bed retails around $1,599.
The Goliath sofa and loveseat group is one of about 16 new upholstery groups launched this market by Chinese manufacturer Henglin Home Furnishings. The group, which retails from $1,999 to $2,199, features a loveseat with a console that can charge three devices.
This sofa is part of the Hollywood upholstery group by Legends Home. Shown in a gray fabric, it retails from $599 to $699.
This dining set is part of the Calia collection, launched under Bernards’ Apex division this past market. Made with eucalyptus veneers, a table and four chairs retails around $1,399.
This living room vignette is part of the Field & Stream Home collection by Best Home Furnishings. It is shown with a motion sofa, two swivel chairs, an accent chair and a cocktail and end table.
American Woodcrafters showed this metal bed which is part of its Modern Farmhouse collection. Shown in a black finish, it retails at $899 in queen.
The Chelsea sectional by Abbyson is covered in 100% polyester fabric and retails around $1,499.
Mexican manufacturer Meximuebles showed the Bristol Avenue TV console at market. Made with solid pine, the 65-inch-wide unit features high-low wood treatment in a radial pattern seen on the doors. It retails from $399 to $499.
The Legacy bedroom by Durham Furniture is made with solid maple and is shown in a black wood finish. The bed retails around $3,500.
The Curva bedroom by West Bros. is made with solid white oak and is shown here in a Cappucchino finish. The shelter bed retails at $3,900.
This bedroom set is part of the La Costa collection by Lexington Home Brands. Made with hickory veneers in a warm brown finish, it retails at $3,679.
This desk is part of the Montreux collection by Sligh. Made with white oak veneers, it is shown with a companion media console.
This accent cabinet by Dorel features a fluted design around an arched door front. Made with blond oak veneers, each individual unit retails at $199.
Coaster Fine Furniture showed its Arini dining set, which features a wire brushed natural wood finish on white oak veneers. It also has a metal trestle base in an Antique Brass finish. A table and six chairs retails at $2,199.
Winter was in the air at RW Collective, which had a seasonal display around this desk, accent chair and ottoman. As a retailer, the company looks for ways to inspire other dealers in the art of showroom presentation.
Bellini Modern Living showed its Bristol sectional, which features heavy tufted seating and is shown in a Green nubuck material. Made in Italy, it retails around $4,999.
Spectra Home showed its Denise sofa alongside the Henry chair, part of the Tamara Day collection. The sofa is shown in a textured slate fabric.
Meridian Furniture showed this $999 marble occasional table alongside its Orian chaise, which retails at $899.
The Gladstone console by Arteriors has an oak top in a Smoke wood finish and a metal base in a Carbon Iron finish.
This 66-inch executive desk by Mavin is made with solid oak in a cerused Rye finish. Featuring a drop-down center drawer and wire management, it retails at $2,995.
Shown here is the Berta sofa by Enza Home. It retails from $599 to $699.
These frames are part of Rowe Furniture’s Express Delivery program which includes several sofas, sectionals, swivel chairs and swivel gliders.
The Bellevue bedroom by Flexsteel is made with poplar solids and cherry veneers in a Dry Whiskey finish. The bed retails at $999 with the wood headboard shown here. In fabric it retails at $1,199.
This bedroom by Furniture of America is made with oak veneers and poplar solids in a light Gray finish. Design elements include this sunburst pattern on the headboard and zinc alloy nickel brushed hardware.
The 7033 dining set and companion display cabinet is one of several new collections by wood furniture resource Thirty One | Twenty One Home, a division of Magnussen Home. Made with AAA grade French Oak, it has rustic modern design influences.
This sectional by Nice Link Home Furnishings features a boucle/chenille fabric and retails from $1,699 to $1,999. It is among the company’s Vietnam-made upholstery frames.
The Garland dining collection by Steve Silver includes these two table and chair sets, a regular height rectangular footprint and a gathering height set. It is made with oak veneers in a light oak finish.
People and Places
Lifestyle Enterprise held a retirement party for executive James Riddle, who has been in the industry for some 50 years, including about 20 years at Lifestyle.
Taking part in the retirement party celebration are Lifestyle executives Derrick Ng, left, James Riddle, Michael Hsieh and Gray Hunsucker.
2024 inductees into the American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame include Clarence Smith, left, Havertys, Atlanta; Bob McCreary, founder of McCreary Modern; Steven Elton, chief brand curator of Brown Jordan; Thomas Newman Day (seventh generation) and Floyd Allen Jr., (fifth generation), accepting for inductee Thomas Day; and Patrick Cory, accepting for his father Joseph Cory, former chairman of Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery.
Kevin O’ Keefe, left, Wa and Yehfri Kiantara and Bobby Papazian of Napa Furniture, Jake Jabs, American Furniture Warehouse and Marc Madnick, Napa Furniture at the Napa Furniture party at market on Oct. 23, 2024.
Cutting the ribbon for the new Homelegance showroom at 600 S. Main St. are Melissa Dawkins, Homelegance; High Point Mayor Cyril Jefferson; and Jamie Collins, far right, Homelegance.
Celebrating the opening of the new Homelegance showroom are: Jamie Collins, left, Homelegance, and Iv Culp, Michelle Lomba and Brian Chmil, all of Culp.
Attending the Home News Now High Point Market Party at the start of market are Martin Palomino, Constino Laura, Lima, Peru; Terry Seitz, Woodbrook Designs; Brad Cates, Sarreid; and Pattaraporn Theamcha.
Tammy Covington-Nagem, president and chief executive officer of the High Point Market Authority, speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Decor-Rest showroom at 212 Jacobs Place.
Courtney Novogratz, left, and Bob Novogratz, The Novagratz, were at the Dorel Home showroom in High Point at market to celebrate their ongoing licensing partnership with Dorel Home.
Attending the Furnituredealer.net party on Oct. 25 were Rymon Huffines, left, of Story & Lee Furniture in Leoma, Tennessee; Drew Olson, Furnituredealer.net; Shirley Griffiths, Tango Multimedia, Pottstown, Pennsylvania; and Monica Sanders, Story & Lee Furniture, Leoma, Tennessee.
At the Legacy Classic | Modern party celebrating the company’s licensing partnership with Country Living magazine are Chris Pelcher, Legacy Classic | Modern, left, and Lindsay Horrigan and Rachel Barrett, Country Living.
Attending the Stickley party in High Point were Jared Pazner, left, Gorman’s Home Furnishings & Interior Design, Farmington, Michigan; Aminy Audi, Stickley; and John Moray and Monica Moray, Gorman’s Home Furnishings & Interior Design.
Also at the Stickley party were Scott Price and Lori Stengren, Toms Price Home, Bloomingdale, Illinois; and Edward Audi, Stickley Furniture.
Attending the Woodbrook Designs party and dinner were Marc Pearson, left, and Elizabeth Gozzo, of Interline, Boise, Idaho; Terry Seitz, Woodbrook Designs; and Mark Gehler, Inteline.
Attending the Universal Furniture party were Greg Reed, left, Woodbine Furniture, Dallas; Sally Simerson, Universal; and Mari Mack, Norwalk.
Also attending the Universal party were Shannon Lookabill, left, Sean O’Connor and Jackson Keziah, all of Universal; Lance Keziah, Crypton Inc.; and Jeff Cempre, Universal.
