Home entertainment

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, March 18, 2007

All prices retail • In-depth stories on home entertainment introductions will appear in Furniture/Today's opening day issue.

Apa Marketing

IHFC W-547

Adding the Normandy Park plasma TV console to its Encore line of entertainment furniture. The console features a motorized lift, a surge protector in the cabinet and ventilated audio compartments.

Aspenhome

IHFC M-1301

Adding a home entertainment wall system to its 4 Seasons Bayside collection. The modular system, which can accommodate most sizes of flat-panel TVs, includes consoles, armoires and piers.

Becker Designed

IHFC D-509

The Novia entertainment center at $1,895 features Shaker styling and makes provisions for wire management, ventilation and easy access to components. It has a stained cherry finish.

Broyhill

IHFC C-600

• Expanding the Vantana collection to include a pub table set and entertainment console.

• Two new occasional groups, Haven and Bayfield, include a variety of entertainment units that coordinate with occasional tables. Haven features a bisque finish with hand-painted details, while Bayfield has butterfly cherry veneers in a cherry and black finish.

Furnitech

PS 2-323

A half-dozen Brazilian-made entertainment consoles at $669 to $1,499. One new model is a 62-inch console with transitional styling that can accommodate a digital sound projector. Another new entry has modern classic styling and is designed for a bedroom.

Fusion Designs

PS 2-405

A pair of wall systems can be configured a variety of ways in a four- or six-piece layout. One new group features transitional styling, cherry veneers and a black accent finish, while the other has elegant traditional styling with cherry, walnut and burl veneers. Both at $3,499 to $3,699.

Gautier USA

220 Elm 326

• The contemporary Neos collection includes an entertainment console that can be combined with bookshelves and other related living room items.

• The modern Extreme collection includes a TV console that can be fitted with a back-lit panel.

Habersham

MS 142

• A pair of bookcase media units, Excelsior and Wyndham. Excelsior has a regal look with hand-painted shields and tortoise shell column accents; Wyndham features casually elegant styling.

• The Monet's Journey collection is an expansion of the popular licensed Claude Monet collection. Several entertainment pieces are part of the collection, which draws on the travels of Monet that influenced his paintings.

Home Trends And Design

IHFC H-155

Adding a plasma TV console to its Orleans and Colonial Plantation collections. The Orleans model, at $995, features contemporary rustic styling and is made of plantation-grown acacia wood; the Colonial Plantation unit, also at $995, is made of plantation-grown mango wood.

Homelegance

212 Jacobs Place

• Expanding its No. 858 collection to include a wall unit for a plasma TV.

• Unveiling two entertainment centers that have matching upholstery and occasional pieces.

Hooker

IHFC W-1047

Two mid-height wall systems, three entertainment centers with wrap-around doors, and more than a dozen entertainment consoles. Several items are incorporated into the new Fallston and Antique Buckskin collections, while others are part of the existing Waverly Place and Villa Siena collections. Antique Buckskin features traditional styling with a heavy distressed finish on pine solids and birch and okoume veneers, while Waverly Place has American traditional styling on hardwood solids and cherry veneers. Villa Siena features European traditional styling with heavy carvings and moldings, while Fallston has transitional styling in oak solids and quarter-cut oak veneers.

Kathy Ireland Home By Martin

NFM 725

• Vallarta collection has rustic styling and includes two TV consoles, audio piers and a bridge. It has an antique cherry finish with hand-applied distressing and seeded glass doors.

• Adding a TV console to its Bradley and Fontaine collections. Bradley features hardwood solids with cherry veneers and satin nickel hardware; Fontaine (formerly the Abbey Lane collection) includes cherry veneers with ash burl borders, hand-carved feet and elaborate walnut and maple marquetry on the console's top corners.

Kinwai USA

IHFC G-577/D-502

Several home theater and entertainment pieces in the company's popular wenge finish with brushed silver hardware.

Lorna Dewey Of London

200 N. Hamilton S-331

Making its debut in the home entertainment category with the Age of Enlightenment entertainment center. It features bi-fold doors and adjustable shelves, and can accommodate a 50-inch flat-panel TV. At $15,750, the English bench-made piece is made of yew wood veneers.

Master Design

101 N. Hamilton

An entertainment center at $999 features traditional styling with cherry and birch veneers and a rubbed black finish.

Powell

NFM 100

Adding a metal and glass TV console at $199 to its entertainment lineup.

Sauder Woodworking

220 Elm 218

Adding entertainment pieces to several key collections, notably Shaker Heights, Genesee and the new Arbor Gate group. Arbor Gate features American country styling with warm wood tones, carvings and eclectic style interpretations. Pieces feature a rich cherry finish, brass hardware and intricate detailing. Shaker Heights is a top-selling Shaker-inspired collection, while Genesee features French country styling with antique brass hardware. Genesee pieces use solid hardwoods and wood veneers.

Sligh

310 N. Hamilton 204

• Four upper-end home entertainment consoles. One new model has hand-bent ribbon lattice work in walnut, while another features European casual styling with inlay banding around the edge of the doors. A third entry has hand-pieced inlay on door and drawer fronts, and a fourth new model is made of cherry and zebrawood.

• Expanding its popular Family Communications Center with three new designs. A unit with casual southern European styling is at $2,299, while another model at $1,699 has a cottage/country look. A third entry at $2,499 has traditional styling with raised panel doors. All include space for a small flat-panel TV and docking stations for cell phones, portable music players and laptop computers.

Stanley

IHFC C-1158

• The six-piece Hudson Street collection is inspired by mid-20th century design and aimed at style-savvy consumers. Features include curved fronts, splayed legs, beaded detailing and chestnut goblet hardware. Pieces include a corner plasma TV console with beaded posts, and a plasma bookcase and console with removable veneer doors.

• The casual Sunset Key collection includes seven entertainment pieces in West Indies styling and a rum maple finish, woven cane panels and beaded drawer fronts. Pieces include an entertainment console and bookcase with cane door fronts.