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Show Magazine, — Page 3 Friday, May 10, 199 THE DAILY HERALD, Home Casual and comfortable reflect fall furniture By JO WERNE ers turningout pieces with deeper have fringed skirts, the trend in seats. higher backs and down- casual is toward an unstructured, filled simply tailored, slipcovered look HIGH POINT, N.C. — Casual cushions. Some leather sofas are upholstered furniture in soft, textured fabrics. To 88 to look like they are dressed in Big beds. Cushy, wide chairs. People chair- slipcovers, while designer/manuColors and prints that pay homage facturer Mitchell Gold offers an and-a to nature. the world half. entire collection of muslin-upholThese’ were trends at the are this with stered furniture that comes with International Home Furnishings huge marspace for washable slipcovers. Market held in April. The abuning out pieces with deeper ket’s taryou and The totally upholstered sota dance of comfortable. casual Rover to and chair shares floor space with get designs indicates that manufactur- Bet. Sal seats, higher backs and downcurl up those featuring exposed wood on ers are trying to make things peo- 50.000filled cushions. in, has the arms and legs. These fatter ple like and will buy buyers, become a designs are reminiscent of 1930s “Manufacturers used to say in including standard furniture. the late 70s and 80s, ‘We're doing Designer Georgio (one name offering for most upholstery man9,000 from 90 foreign countries mauve, or “We're doing only, please) offers the ultimate The mix oflanguages in the corm- ufacturers, Oriental,” said Michael Though some formal sofas still comfort in a 74-inch-long, fourdors emphasizes the international Delgaudio, vice president and creaspect. while the frantic pace is a ative director of reminder that the seven million Furniture. “Nowwe're doi square feet of showrooms in [50 consumers want.” buildings must be covered at a fast Manufacturers appear to be clip in order to see even a fraction concentrating on high-end goods of the vast offerings. “and getting rid of the lower end As hugeas the marketis, there They are reinforcing quality.” was some downsizing this spring. said Jerry Epperson, industry anaFewer collections were introlyst’ with Mann, Armistead & duced, though there were plenty of Epperson in Richmond, Va. “The choices. thanks to newfinishes or baby boomers are replacing their fabrics on past introductions. “We furniture, and they want quality have been ‘collectioned’ to goods. They are shopping value.” death,” said W.R. Martin Jr., presIf there’s one piece of furniture_ ident of Lane Advertising, a diviboomers want, it's a big, “impor- sion of the Lane Co. “Our dealers tant” bed. Sleigh beds. fourposters and high headboards are available in many styles and finfurniture.” For every new collecishes. And if the ceiling isn’: high tion, they've got to do a promotion, and it costs them. We do not have a major collection this market, just a few Piecesin an 18thcentury cherry group. It takes a manufacturer about six months to make a collection Developed by KADD DEVELOPMENT » DATWYLER CONSTRUCTION Arlene Hawkes, a Realtor afterit’s ordered by retailers. Thus, ascend Lane's Marrakesh Collection of70 with Coldwell Bander West H270%, Realty in Provo, has been pieces, introduced at last awarded the October's market, is just being Certified shipped to the stores, Martin said. Residential New products shown at this market will reach the stores by early fall. Here are some of the trends spotted at the market: * Casual comfort. America’s love of staying home and kicking back with a video has manufacturKnight-Ridder Newspapers enough to accommodate a fourposter, never fear. Manufacturers effer shorter WhyRent! Local realtor earns award Payments as low as $634 mo. America’s love of staying allover home and kicking back with a video has manufacturers turn- cushion sofa ($6.000 in chenille) that has a foot blanket attached to each arm. The blankets can be flipped over to keep toes warmon chilly nights, or unsnapped and used as a throw For a lot of people. a recliner represents the ultimate comfort such as La-Z-Boy’s “Sonoma.” This chair swivels, rocks and reclines, has storage compart ments under each arm, and costs $645 in a fabric cover. * Fabrics. Chenille is the top upholstery fabric. but it’s not the bedspread fabric of your childhood. This is a finely woven (See CASUAL,Page 10) 376-1500» 190 South 1600 West © Prove. 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