October 2012 High Point Market and Photos (mostly Hancock & Moore)

Spent a blitz day at Market, just beating out the Mother of All Thunderstorms and tucking in under the H&M building garage on my BMW motorcycle about four minutes before the skies opened up just before 8:30 a.m.. They were kind enough to give me a covered parking spot for the day (most coveted!) since I was on the bike. I went to Hancock and Moore, Councill, Jessica Charles, Taylor King, Bradington Young, Wildwood Lamps and Jonathan Charles before finishing at 5:30 p.m. and jumping back on the bike to ride home, getting in at midnight. Long day, and that last hour was a bit chilly on the ride. Market looked to be very lightly attended the day I was there.

Hancock and Moore rolled out a bunch of new leathers, including a spectacular Grade 5 hide from Europe that is probably the finest leathers I've ever seen on upholstery. New frames too, of course, and I'm always drawn to Alan Price's designs which appeal to what I like style-wise.

Councill is always fun, with delicious woods and inlays that are hard to resist. I bought several pieces for stock.

Jessica Charles - meh. Not much really exciting. I ordered a set of (6) of their dining chairs to be covered in H&M leather to go around a Councill Dining Table, however.

Taylor King has been very busy, with a new web site and simplified format in their product line. Hallelujah! They are going on a major expansion on their America's Pride collection and I think that's exactly the right track for them to be on. I bought several pieces in that collection for my showroom. Price/Value they are really hard to beat and its all USA made.

Bradington Young was a bit disappointing, though their new showroom (integrated with Hooker Furniture and Sam Moore) was terrific. They have a tendency to knock off Hancock and Moore's designs but they don't do a very good job of it and miss the styling cues by a wide margin. Their clone of H&M's Sundance sofa is laughable and they should be embarrassed to present that. Their knock-offs of the H&M Princeton Chair and Sadler Recliner were much better, but still - come on guys, hire your own designers.

Wildwood lamps is still the best lamp company. I always place orders for stock.

Jonathan Charles had a lot of wood case goods that appealed to me. Price point was excellent and workmanship was top-notch. The only thing...its all made in Vietnam, and I have always been a USA-made only store. I decided to throw caution to the wind and gave them a fairly good order, I think it will be well received. Their Mahogany Pie Crust table, for example, was very well done and 1/5th the price of one made in the USA.

I will start to post photos shortly, I do have to resize and image them all so it will take some time to get them all up.

Thanks so much for all of the info on the Market. For the Taylor King America's Pride collection, what are they doing to expand it?

Looking forward to the photos! Glad you got a great parking space for the bike to keep dry.

look forward to the photos

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Thanks so much for all of the info on the Market. For the Taylor King America's Pride collection, what are they doing to expand it?

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Totally revamped with many more frames, and far more fabrics. I ordered (5) pieces in the new America's Pride collection - couldn't make up my mind so as I liked they way they all sat, so I bought the whole grouping. They are restructuring their entire promotional line up and 'King's Road' is going to fade away as is Cozy Creations and Casual Corners - all folded into America's Price. Its going to be a few weeks until all the sales material is out on it, however. I'm really jazzed on the new system, it will be less confusing to navigate and the value/quality is going to be one of the best in the industry.

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Trying to get to them....too busy, there's been a LOT of freight coming in. Today, 28 cases of Root Candles from Ohio showed up, so there goes the rest of today putting the display together and merchandising them.

These are the two 'wow' pieces when you first come into the showroom, and they will be in the new National ads that Hancock and Moore will run shortly. Note that both these pieces have a custom 'piano' wood finish on them from sister company Councill - and H&M does not want to do this on a regular basis as it was too hard to keep the finish 'clean' during the upholstery process on the frames. Its a very high style finish and looked tremendous.

As I normally do, I photograph the piece and then the tag that shows the specs which will follow the photo of the piece itself. Prices are MSRP, for a ballpark range of a real sell price, plan on closer to half the MSRP.

I've always liked the shape of the Francoise sofa. This is a much more flattering color than the orangey-yellow they used when it first came out!

Do you know if H&M introduced any more Love Seats or Apartment Size Sofas? I was hoping for more selection when I purchase one regular size leather sofa with a matching Love or Apartment size sofa.
Thanks!

You know, I hate to admit it, but I don't remember. I was moving VERY fast through all the showrooms that day since I compressed a 2-day trip into 9 hours and I spent about half the time in the H&M showroom that I normally do. I did get photos of all the new pieces and I think there are a few smaller sizes, but not necessarily matching sofa/loveseat combos.

I have not had time to image the market photos I took as I would like to. My camera was set at too high a resolution to post them here on the forum without re-imaging each photo (dummy! I didn't check the camera settings!) so each photo would have to be run through Photoshop and re-imaged for size and other touch-ups. It would take about 20 hours to do all that so instead I have just dumped them all on my Photobucket account in the order they were taken (more or less). You're welcome to view the album but be aware each tag photographed is not necessarily in sync with the piece of furniture it either precedes or follows. These are just as they came out of my camera. And please don't ask me to interpret any out-of-focus tags, because if you can't read them - I can't either!

Best way to view these is in SLIDESHOW mode and just click the arrows left and right. I will not be posting these to the forum, so this is the best you'll get for this Market Photo Series. Click the link here:

http://s1217.photobucket.com/albums/...012/?start=all

Thank You for the Wonderful Photo Bucket shots!
What would we all do without YOU!!!!
YOU are 'da Bomb!!! (aka The Best!)

I'll do a better job at Spring 2013 Market....have my camera set up properly and have TWO batteries with me as I ran out of juice on this one well before I was done shooting photos. I think these non-professional shots actually give a much better idea of what the pieces look like 'real world' than the pro ones on the website that H&M should be up in a few more weeks.

See the go-kart half way through? That was in Alan Price's section - he's one of their designers and made it including the frame and the seat. Alan and I always spend a lot of time talking cars and motorcycles and I like him hugely. I actually climbed in the Kart and told him to fire it up, much to the horror of other well-dresser buyers in the showroom who were in their nice suits and dresses (I am always the worst dressed in the showroom, never more than a Polo shirt and Khakis.) Told him that if he'd start it up, I'd do a lap around the showroom. He thought I was serious - and who knows? I might just have done exactly that....lol.

By the way, this was my very most favorite chair from Market. I think this design is stunning and I really liked the way the chair sat. Even the arms are very comfortable in spite of being wood. Really a sharp piece, and an Alan Price design. I did buy one, thinking I should call down there and have them do a pair for the store.

http://s1217.beta.photobucket.com/us...12077.jpg.html

These pictures are great, and THIS is a fabulous chair: http://s1217.beta.photobucket.com/us...l?sort=3&o=143 Beautiful design. And I loved the go-cart too. ;)

Thank you! That's the backside shot of the one I liked as well....its equally as nice to sit in as it looks. Alan hit a home run with that design, I hope folks will buy it so it stays in the line.

The chair is a work of art. Going through all the pics, I still notice how Capri leathers stand out. They look so rich.

I saw the use of a perforated leather in several pics. Does perforation really provide any benefits?

Motley

Just wanted to say thanks for going to the effort of taking and posting the pics. I don't see anything here to suit what I am looking for, but it's good to know that now rather than waiting for the official website update. Now I can ask for a quote and maybe a leather sample or two :)

Thank you for the photos Duane. Just glad to see what's coming up next with H&M.

Just a little brag - Simplicity Sofas has been selected for inclusion in Furniture Today's October 29, 2012 Best of Market Showcase For those of you don't read Furniture Today (including Duane I believe) here is a Thumbnail of our "honored" sofa.

Attachment 4099

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As shown $1299 retail. Price includes drop shipping to any destination within the continental U.S. White Glove delivery service (including assembly) is also available for an additional charge.

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Simplicity Sofas

Hi Duane--I love that chair too. Is it the Jamewood? I know you said not to ask questions about the name tags, but since that's your favorite (mine too) I hope you will remember.

Yes it is the Jamewood. It's stunning in person. In fact, I need to find room in my home for a pair, or at least one. I rarely go bonkers over a new design, but that one is terrific.

I think I fell in love with the Francoise sofa. I love the citrus, i think it is a great color for a Florida home, but I don't know with teenagers in the house, but I love it. It just went to the #1 position for sofas.

Duane - any idea when the sales material for the Taylor King America's Pride collection will come out? I'm really interested to learn more about the expanded collection. I'd also like to hear about any changes to Hancock & Moore's Town and Country Program for 2013.

I haven't received the materials on the new T.K. America's Pride program yet. It's a huge overhaul of their entire program so its going to mean catalog reprints and the like, so it may be a little while yet.

Hancock and Moore usually only revises their T&C Program in June of each year with item changes, adds and drops. However they will also take price increases to the program in January each year if increased costs warrant it.

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Yes it is the Jamewood. It's stunning in person. In fact, I need to find room in my home for a pair, or at least one. I rarely go bonkers over a new design, but that one is terrific.

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Hey, new poster here, love the information on this site. Thanks so much.

When will the Jamewood be available for purchase? I would like to get a pair myself if I can afford it.

This may not be the right place in the forum to ask this question but does anyone have any information on Nantucket Furniture out of Tenn.? I have been perusing a few online pieces from them but there does not seem to be a ton of reviews about them. The price are lower but is it a good deal for quality?

Shawn

Yes you can buy the Jameswood. Hancock and Moore requests I do not do quotes in the public forum, so you have to PM me for pricing and include your city/state/zip (all three) if you would like delivery fees included in the quote. The chairs will be in the less that $ 3K each and more than $ 1K.

Thanks for the photos Duane! Gotta love the Kingston Chair in Capri Harness. That leather looks unbelievably soft. I see the Steepelchase is new, has an Italian look to it. The Shumaker Chair looked sharp in Crimson Polished. Would you say the Steeplechase is a litle firmer or more waxy?

Steeplechase is a typical 'old school' waxy surface leather, but its very rich looking and I think has a good hand to it.