Good's Inspiring WINTER Look Book

IN SPIRING

A home furnishings magazine that explores aspirational spaces, focused on designer insights and leading quality brands for the home.

Fabric Trends

A conversation with fabric expert Grace Cobb of Hickory Chair

Design er Insights

Looking through the lens of a designer

Tufted

Selection advice from industry leader Feizy Rugs

INSPIRING

Join us as we influence your senses.

“INSPIRING by Good’s Home Furnishings is our effort to bring you design inspiration for your home through alluring home fashion photography from the finest names in home furnishings, along with features that showcase design expertise from some of the industry’s most skilled professionals.” - Kevin Bowman CEO

Cultivate a quiet moment.

Read a book of poetry (aloud). Practice the art of conversation or a hand-written note. Start from your favorite position in your new leather chair, sofa or recliner. That sublime place of personal leisure begins with finely appointed furnishings that are curated from a world of color and customizable finishes and fabrics from among the finest brands in luxury home products. Names like Bernhardt, Century, Sherrill, Hickory Chair, Lexington, Kingsdown, Hooker, Uttermost, Lillian August, Hickory White, Tommy Bahama, Feizy Rugs and many others.

Whether creating a peaceful bedroom retreat, setting the stage for the perfect DINNER PARTY or positioning your home office for success, our designers can help you pull it all together.

Go beyond normal and invite luxury into your home. Home furnishings reflective of who you are. Create the home of your dreams at Good’s Home Furnishings in Charlotte/Pineville and Hickory, NC.

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A Passion For Style.

Infuse your living room with fashion, style and expressive statements of your personality. Bernhardt Mila fabric sectional. Deep seating and plush cushions provide unmatched comfort in this casually sophisticated sectional, with an array of coordinating and contrasting pillows.

Comfort is derived from quality. This classic and elegant nailhead trimmed sofa from Bernhardt features handcrafted styling and coordinated throw pillows. Shop all of our new seating ideas from Bernhardt and Bernhardt Interiors at goodshomefurnishings.com

“Sitting Pretty.”

In the market for new upholstery?

What to look for in seating selection. Buying upholstery can be challenging for even the professional designer. Before you can even get into fabric choices, you need to decide on a frame you love.

What is under the hood matters!

First things first; comfort is King when it comes to upholstery. Make sure that the frame is well constructed of hardwoods or even the more durable furniture-grade plywood, with excellent spring support from a comfortable, but resilient high density foam cushion. Our trained upholstery experts can take you through all of the options to fit any budget.

Will it fit?

Before you check whether it can fit in the room (or through your door), make sure your upholstery fits you and your family. In addition to many lengths and configurations, there are also varying depths you can select You want to have the end of the cushion fitting near the back of the bend of your knee, and seat depth and back cushion support are two ways to make that happen.

Arms, skirts, nail-heads, oh my!

Yes, there are many ways to customize your upholstery, but this is the fun part. Our upholstery experts are factory trained (most of our suppliers are right here in the Hickory area) will help you with these decisions.

DINING ROOMS. The heart of the home. Beautiful casual and luxury dining solutions... because so much can happen around the dinner table. The dining room above features a natural washed finish, surrounded by fully upholstered host/hostess chairs and upholstered and exposed wood side chairs. Shop our entire selection of Bernhardt and Bernhardt Interiors dining rooms and bedrooms at goodshomefurnishing.com

Private Retreats

BEDROOMS. Interpretation of dreams. Create a private retreat from a world of care with Good’s dreamy selection of bedrooms from Bernhardt and Bernhardt Interiors. This bedroom suite features a lovely bed with horizontal channel tufting in a luxurious fabric and a lovely Cerused Greige wood finish on the bed and dresser.

An editor from Traditional Home magazine once described Barclay Butera’s signature style as “unbuttoned elegance.” His ability to put a modern take on classic styling has made him one of the most soughtafter design talents in the country.

The Barclay

includes six lifestyle collections, with styling that ranges from sophisticated coastal, to mountain modern. Each collection features designs for the entire home, including custom upholstery with exquisite tailoring and unrivaled comfort. Barclay is renowned for his ability to layer color, pattern and texture to create interiors that are both inviting and understatedly elegant.

From Casual Dining To Formal Feasts

A delectable menu of dining solutions at Good’s Home Furnishings.

Butera portfolio with Lexington Home Brands

The iconic Tommy Bahama brand is renowned for its relaxed interpretation of casual elegant style. With both indoor and outdoor collections, the portfolio offers remarkably diverse looks, from classic to contemporary. Signature elements include exotic natural materials, rich custom finishes, unique upholstery designs, and a captivating palette of fabrics. The essence of destination living is more than a state of mind…it can be as close as your own front door.

When picking a dining room set, you don’t have to buy the chairs from that same collection.

Sometimes the chairs designed for a set are just perfect, but don’t feel locked into buying those necessarily. Using alternate finishes and custom fabrics is a great way to personalize your dining room. Dining chairs can be easily mixed from the same or even different suppliers.

How much room do I have for chairs around my dining room table?

This is one of the most asked questions from consumers buying a dining room. The simple answer is that you want at least 24” of room for each place setting along the edge of the table. And be sure to check that the table base will allow the chairs to slide properly under the table when not in use. Be careful to allow for enough room between the chair seat (and arms on arm chairs) and the table apron! The general rule of thumb here is that standard dining room tables sit about 30” from the floor and chair seats hover between 18-20”, so that will give you about 10-12” of leg space between the top of the chair seat and the bottom of the table top.

“Helpful tips on planning your dining space.”

“Choice of fabrics and pillows help create your own look.”

Tommy Bahama Home And Outdoor Living

Made In North Carolina For Over 142 Years.

Proudly Made In America. History Of American Made Furniture

Our seating features hand-made frames and traditional American hand craftsmanship such as 8-way hand-tied support springs with modern manufacturing methods. The result is unparalleled custom-made upholstery to fit most any need. The styling follows those same principles by combining timeless design elements with exciting contemporary touches to create one-of-a-kind upholstery that you will treasure for years to come. Shop Sherrill products at Good’s Home Furnishings.

HICKORY WHITE HANDCRAFTED BY ARTISANS

True artistry and craftsmanship define each Hickory White piece. Since 1881, Hickory White (formerly White Furniture Co. of Mebane, which combined with Hickory Manufacturing Co. in 1988), has crafted beautiful, elite, luxury home furnishings right here in NC. Fashion-forward and customizable, Hickory White remains a top choice for designers world-wide.

THE HISTORY IS IN EVERY STITCH.

Create you own look, reflective of your style. Tons of fabric choices. You choose the style, the arms, the legs, trim, skirt and fabrics. Hickory White is steeped in design and quality. Shop our two showrooms or online 24/7.

“Hickory White. Made In North Carolina.”

“At Hickory White, our desire has never been stronger to create the most sought after home furnishings. Our commitment to this desire is the driving force that leads us into the future. We look forward to exceeding the demands of our consumers for many, many years.”

LILLIAN AUGUST COMFORT

Exquisite detail found in quality handcrafted styling and tailoring in your choice of fabrics and finishes.

FROM FINE DINING TO THE MASTER BEDROOM, LILLIAN AUGUST EVOKES

SOPHISTICATION

Creating new looks that come together in a fine dining and restful experience. Your choice of finishes and choice of fabrics.

Putting the “fine” in fine dining

Woven

Voices In Textile Trends

1. What is your favorite part of being in the home furnishings textile business?

My favorite part of being in the textile business is being able to look at new fabrics every 6 months. There are so many mills out there from all over the world and it is very interesting to see what is popular in other markets that are vastly different from what we do in the US. While the majority of the fabrics I see are plains or body cloths, there are some truly beautiful and unique fabrics out there. These are the show-stopper fabrics that draw your attention and are often exquisite. It is amazing what these mills can create with unusual yarns and weave techniques – such imagination.

2. What are the most exciting trends that you have seen in the past several years?

At Hickory Chair, we do not follow trends – you can’t afford to. We introduce fabrics we hope will be in the line for years as it is very expensive to add a new fabric. Most of our business is to the trade or designer driven – they need work horse fabrics that will stay current for their clients. Most people do not re-upholster their furniture every 6 months so the fabrics they chose should be timeless. One trend that I think is going to last for a while is that fabrics are leaning more toward Traditional. The younger generation has inherited furniture from their parents or grandparents so they want a more traditional but updated vibe that will make their old furniture more modern – Grand Millennial! Also, the textile mills are trying to introduce more vibrant colors and patterns which is more interesting, but we will see if the homeowner agrees!

3. Tell us more about the term, “Performance fabrics”.

Performance Fabrics can mean so many things. People need to know what is more important to themwearability, cleanability, light fastness, construction, etc. Most all textile vendors offer a “Performance” story, but each one varies to some degree. Homeowners need to realize that Performance does not mean bulletproof and that they still need to clean their furniture - dust especially. Most upholstery body fabrics are pretty durable and all are tested – we refer to this as the Wyzenbeek test where they literally take a wire & rub across one spot on the fabric until it wears through. Most high-wearability Performance fabrics will be between 50,000 to 100,000 double rubs. This is more than enough for the average homeowner. Most Performance fabrics are cleanable with soap & water. Since the industry has come out with new standards for environmentally friendly Performance solutions, oils will be more difficult to clean, but most other stains are easily cleaned. Fabrics that are high ultraviolet will be either UV Polyester or Solution Dyed Acrylic or Olefin. These are also often bleach cleanable. These generally do not have as soft a hand due to the nature of the yarn fibers. There should be specific vendor information that lists all the qualities of each Performance story.

4. Do you have a favorite pattern type or color palette? If so, why?

My taste has evolved over the years & it changes with every new fabric story we tell each market – we try to select fabrics that we really do believe in and enjoy working with. I do love Blue & White – it is a classic and always in style.

An interview with Grace Cobb Fashion Director at Hickory Chair

“These are the show-stopper fabrics that draw your attention and are often exquisite.”

5. What advice would you give our readers about correlating fabrics (pillows with sofas, accent chairs, etc…)

You need to be able to live with your choices – will you be happy with that emerald green flowered sofa in 5 years? You need to start with a color story and stick with that theme. For a showroom at the High Point Furniture Market, we generally select a plain fabric for the sofa in a neutral color or texture and add interest and color in the throw pillows – we like a lot of pillows on sofas! Sometimes we will add a large, more dramatic pattern on the chairs – especially a wing or club chair. And a smaller pattern or texture on the accent chairs. We will often use small ottomans or stools as a way to introduce leathers or textures. We don’t like everything to match or go together – it is fun to add in the unexpected. We often will repeat a fabric on several different pieces in the room. Understated is best and you need to know how to edit!

6. What can we expect to see in textiles in the way of color, texture and patterns in 2023?

As body cloths are the bread & butter of the textile industry (that is where they make their money!) we will continue to see more plains with special weave effects & specialty yarns- they will continue to try to differentiate themselves from the competition. The price points on these fabrics will continue to be highly competitive – there will be a lot of quality fabrics with great price points. The market for fabrics is huge and there is a lot of crossover – fashion will work its way into the upholstery world so the colors that dominate fashion will show up here. Also, large scale patterns will continue and will have a modern traditional feel – Modern is definitely the direction most vendors are taking. Performance fabrics will continue to be an important category.

“You need to stick with a color story and stick with that theme.”

“It’s fun to add-in the unexpected.”

The Everett Collection by Hickory Chair is rooted in Skip Rumley’s twenty-year journey through the world of design. He has learned to ‘speak a lot of languages’ as style, fashion and form have evolved. He loves the tension that occurs when combining traditional and modern forms as well as references to classic design and the excitement that is created when they are mixed with both soft organic silhouettes and architectural forms. He believesthat interiors should be both masculine and feminine - when married together it creates a lovely dynamic. With inspiration from fashion, jewelry and fine art, this collection of bedroom, dining room and living room furniture was designed as a canvas for customization for interiors today.

I think it creates a tension that is dynamic and exciting. These photos of my collection were taken in my house which made it very easy to style and set up. These first images show my love of the color (non-color) of ivory and my affection for moody artwork. I’ve been criticized by my best friend many times that my taste in artwork is moody and could be considered “sad” (note the brilliant photograph of the storm). Well, design and artwork is painfully objective. If you visited my house, you wouldn’t find a lot of colorful paintings on the walls.

This console is my attempt to create a simple silhouette that has a lot of flexibility for clients to put their own design stamp on it...available in any combo of finishes. I did the return ledges at the base to offer another customizable styling opportunity.

I absolutely love a biscuit tufted piece (the sofa). Looks like a pan of rolls/biscuits! I like everything to be comfortable and a bit “lazy”. When I say “lazy”, I mean deep and luxe with a great pitch...furniture you really lounge in and look fabulous doing so. The occasional/wood pieces are meant to be jewelry. Architectural pieces that are functional but adding glamour to the interior.

“I love to mix feminine and masculine elements together.”

“I like everything to be comfortable and a bit “lazy”. When I say “lazy”, I mean deep and luxe with a great pitch.”

DESIGNER Skip Rumley

“I like to engage organic pieces with architectural. I like to incorporate soft color applied to neutrals with toss pillows, throw blankets and artwork. It keeps the interior flexible for change in mood or taste.”

“I am a Gemini and I am easily bored, so I need to have flexibility in my life!”

Tufted

An INSPIRING feature to provide selection advice for perhaps the most important fashion item in any room, the area rug.

FEIZY RUGS. Since 1973 Feizy’s passion for the home has been evidenced in their craftsmanship, innovation and technology. Whether from their very affordable machine-made rug collections, to their hand-tufted and hand-knotted luxury rugs, and even fine custom rugs; Feizy delivers on their promise of fashion, exquisite color and high quality.

“A Starring Role In Your Home.”

Struggling to pick fabrics for your new upholstery? Start with the RUG.

A rug is the item in the room that pulls everything together. Whether you have a family heirloom or just a rug you love, or you want to freshen a room up with a new purchase, starting your process with the rug puts you on the right track and makes selecting upholstery, fabrics, correlating pillows and chairs so much easier.

Nothing is more luxurious than a good night’s sleep

Buying a luxurious mattress set at discount pricing should include a luxurious experience as well. Our professional bedding team and our Kingsdown BedMatch system will find you the proper fit through science for a perfect night’s sleep.

Shop our incredible offerings on luxurious mattress sets and adjustable beds. Visit our new luxury mattress boutiques in Charlotte and Hickory, NC or online at goodshomefunishings.com