Harden’s Completes Repairs, Remodelling In Wake of Showroom Fire

March 20, 2007  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in High Point on March 2007 Only six weeks after sustaining extensive damage from a fire on Jan. 22, restoration of Harden Furniture’s 200 N. Hamilton showroom in High Point is complete in time for next week’s market, when Harden will launch a new environmental initiative, the Living Canopy Project.

Smoke from the January electrical fire, which began in a storage area in the Harden showroom, destroyed most of the furniture and accessories in the showroom, as well as the carpet, walls, floors, phone systems, computers and other infrastructure. Other exhibitors in 200 N. Hamilton sustained damage, but none as extensive as Harden. No one was injured in the blaze.

Beth Penley, vice president of design, Harden Furniture, along with Harden showroom managers Martha Lee Marvin and Jamie Glenn, have worked days, nights and weekends since the fire to ensure that the showroom will be ready for market. In less than seven weeks, the space has been gutted down to the cinderblock walls, and all of the flooring, drywall and ceilings replaced. Extensive upgrades have also been made to the electric and telecommunications systems.

In addition to the extensive repairs, Harden has made several improvements to the showroom, such as, higher ceilings and walls in several galleries, a reorganized layout that improves traffic flow and efficiency, new climate control systems, and new flooring and sisal carpet.