Hooker Furniture to Debut Ciao Bella Home Collection at High Point Market

Furniture World News Desk on 9/7/2018

Hooker Furniture recently announced that it is set to launch the rustic Ciao Bella Collection at the October High Point Market. The 39-piece whole home collection is inspired by the small farmhouses that dot the French and Italian countryside and have been in the hands of the same family for generations.

Ciao Bella includes bedroom, dining room, occasional, home office and accent furniture, and features a finish called Timeworn Gray that accentuates the historical nature of European farmhouses – many of which include a variety of furniture styles that have been added by each generation of owners.

“It’s like walking into a small farmhouse that has been owned by the same family for nine generations that is surrounded by the vines that sustain the family vineyard,” said Pat Watson, vice president of merchandising at Hooker Furniture. “These timeless pieces never go out of style, and they take us back to a simpler era where life seemed to move more slowly than it does today.”

Headlining the bedroom category are two beds – a panel bed and an upholstered bed. The panel bed has a metal headboard and footboard with a weathered finish, while the second bed has an upholstered headboard and footboard with a wood frame in an aged finish and light distressing.

Additional bedroom pieces include an 80-inch tall wardrobe, a six-drawer chest, a six-drawer dresser with accent mirror, a telephone table and a five-drawer bureau. All feature the Timeworn Gray finish that is rubbed to expose the maple undertones of the pieces, which are constructed of maple, spruce and white oak.

Dining pieces include an 84-inch friendship table, a 60-inch round dining table and an 84-inch rectangular dining table. Dining accessory pieces such as a unique metal-framed bar cart with casters also are available.

Occasional pieces include two cocktail tables, a square end table, a chairside table, and an 80-inch console table with a metal frame and concrete top. In addition, Ciao Bella includes a 60-inch writing desk and a 72-inch flip-top console.

More about Hooker Furniture: Founded by the Hooker family in 1924, Hooker Furniture Corp. is a designer, marketer, manufacturer and importer of case goods, leather furniture and fabric-upholstered furniture for the residential, hospitality and contract markets. The company also domestically manufactures premium residential custom leather and custom fabric-upholstered furniture through its Bradington-Young and Sam Moore Furniture brands. It is ranked among the nation's largest publicly traded furniture sources, based on 2016 shipments to U.S. retailers, according to a 2017 survey by a leading trade publication. Hooker Furniture’s corporate offices and upholstery manufacturing facilities are located in Virginia and North Carolina, with showrooms in High Point, North Carolina, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The company operates eight distribution centers in North Carolina, Virginia, California and Vietnam. For more information, visit hookerfurniture.com.