New collections typically reach retail showrooms in about six months.
The market offers a glimpse at coming styles and trends. In fabric, look for the gray palette to grow; showrooms featured grays from light - call it a honey smoke - to dark charcoal. Many woods were weathered.
'It's almost as if furniture was exposed to the elements, then brought back in,' said Rupal Mamtani of importer Bluefish Home.
The fall market concluded last weekend. Other highlights:
Hooker Furniture, a Virginia company, introduced an innovative adjustable headboard. You can raise or lower it in 2-inch increments to complement mattress thickness, ceiling height and the scale of bedside tables and other furnishings.
The headboard will be available in four styles, two painted and two upholstered, and sell for $499 in queen size, said Hooker spokeswoman Kim Shaver.
Sam Moore, a company that Hooker recently bought, plans to offer headboards upholstered in 500 of the company's fabrics. Those headboards will be adjustable, too, and will sell for about $999.
Green - as in environmentally friendly - shapes more and more furniture styles and marketing.
Bernhardt, a Lenoir company, introduced its first eco-friendly collection called 'Cascade.' The company cut waste, used fewer volatile finishes and chose woods from sustainable sources, said LeAnna Graves, director of advertising. The 61-piece collection features rustic walnut veneers and such unusual touches as skeletal tree leaves under glass and river pebbles imbedded in table tops.
Vaughan-Bassett, a Virginia company that's the country's largest maker of adult bedroom furniture, announced a '141,' or one-for-one reforestation program
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While Jordan said every family Mustard Seed helps has a story, some affect Mustard Seed's employees more than others.
'The ones that really get me are the ones who come in with their little kids,' Jordan said.
One boy in particular stands out in Jordan's memories. He was about 5 years old, and she first saw him as he sat in the waiting area with his family.
'He sat there just like a little angel,' Jordan said.
Then the family was led to the storage room, where the boy, who had been sleeping on a crib mattress on the floor, saw his new bed.
Jordan said the boy's face lit up, and he said, 'I'm getting me a new bed.'
The group, which aims to help people rebuild their lives after personal disasters like fires or financial troubles, was fashioned off a Florida organization by the same name.
Jordan said Mustard Seed opened in March 2002 and serves Allen, Adams, Wells, Huntington, Whitley, Noble and DeKalb counties.
'What's unique about Mustard Seed is we help Fort Wayne,' Jordan said. 'We help our neighbors.'
This holiday season, like other organizations, Mustard Seed is in need of community support to collect the items they use to help the needy.
The organization wants furniture that is free of rips, stains and pet hair, including bed frames, mattress sets, dressers, couches, chairs, lamps, coffee tables, end tables, kitchen or dining room tables and chairs
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