To Market, To Market....

This week, The International Home Furnishings

 Market was held in High Point, NC.  Designers, 

Store Owners,  Buyers  and many others graced

 the streets of  High Point to preview the

 coming trends in the furniture market. 

In my next few blogs I will share my market experience 

with you.  First, I want to impress upon you 

how really huge market is and how 

overwhelming it can be.   The task can be quite

 daunting if you don't know where to go.....

Huge doesn't even begin to

 describe High Point Market!

I'd like to share with you a few of the main buildings...

First, let's talk  about  the main building, which is called

 the IHFC  Building (International Home Furnishings Center).  

This building has 14 floors and over 3.5 million square feet. 

This is just one of the many buildings you have to shop

 to locate resources in High Point.  This building

 has  6 wings on each floor,  each wing is 

named  for the city streets they front on.

This can be really confusing if you aren't paying 

 attention though, you may be in the Commerce 

wing and get sidetracked by another showroom and

 walk over to see that one and suddenly, you

are in another wing!  So you have to 

be careful and pay attention to the

task at hand!

IHFC Building in High Point

On the first floor of the IHFC Building is the InterHall, this is where all the really current, trendy new lines for furniture and accessories are shown.  Floors 1-4 are mainly for accessories and floors 5-12 are for furniture in this building.  Pavillion on 3 is on third floor and this is like a market place with a lot of new fun items.  








Across the street from the IHFC Building is
Showplace.  Showplace has 3 floors and 67,000
square  feet of showroom space!

ShowPlace in High Point, NC

Doesn't ShowPlace look like something out of the Jetsons?

Then down the street a couple of blocks,  there is the C & D Building (Commerce & Design) which has 9 floors and over a quarter of a million square feet of showroom space, showing over 200 lines.

Commerce & Design Building, High Point, NC

 This is where Sarried Line shows and my favorite

 place to eat when I am at market.

Across the street but beside C & D is Market Square, 

Suites at Market Square and Market Square Tower.

Suites at Market Square, High Point, NC
This building has 3 floors and over 350,000 square feet of showroom space.  During market this is where the "new to the industry" exhibits show.  These showrooms are temporary.  This is also where the cash and carry items typically are located.  Connected to this building is the Market Tower, better known as the Textiles tower. It has 15 floors and over 109,000 square feet of showroom space!

There are tons of other smaller showrooms as well an

 individual showroom buildings all over the place in High Point!

There are 12 lines in the Hamilton Square building.

The area below is what is known as the design district.  It is within walking distance of the main IHFC building and of course there are shuttles running all over the place. 

Design District in High Point, NC

This is just a brief overview of some of the buildings 

with showrooms.  There are ton and tons more!!!  

It is  spread out over downtown High Point, not under 

one roof like the mall.  (I think that is what some people picture!)  

As you can see, shopping the High Point Market is not a task for 

the average shopper.  You need experienced guidance and a good 

pair of walking shoes, on your first  time there.  I have been going for 

15 years and I  am still  trying to figure  out where  things are.  

Tomorrow I will share with you some of the things I found...

You don't want to miss these goodies!