{"id":703,"date":"2010-07-13T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hickoryfurniture.blogs.eprevue.net\/?p=703"},"modified":"2010-07-13T10:08:36","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:08:36","slug":"hickory-furniture-mart-50th-anniversary-furniture-festival-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/hickory-furniture-mart-50th-anniversary-furniture-festival-clearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Hickory Furniture Mart 50th Anniversary Furniture Festival &amp; Clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-meta\">Last Updated Tuesday, July 13, 2010<\/div> <p>Each year, visitors travel to western North Carolina in order to interact with furniture craftsmen and artisans as they demonstrate their unique skills and trades throughout the Mart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis region is rich in furniture heritage and culture and people have a genuine interest in learning moreabout the quality of furniture manufacturing and construction still prevalent in our area,\u201d replies Tracey Trimble, Executive VP &amp; General Manager at Hickory Furniture Mart. \u201cMost people have purchasedfurniture throughout their lifetime, but few people have had the opportunity to interact with the actual craftsman who constructed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hickory Furniture Mart is hosting its annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/eventsnews.cfm\">Furniture Festival &amp; Clearance Sale <\/a>Friday, July 23 (9am-6pm), Saturday, July 24 (9am-6pm) and Sunday, July 25 (1pm-6pm) and this year is extra special because they will be celebrating their 50-year anniversary as well.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors will be able to watch furniture craftsmen upholster furniture, demonstrate eight way hand tied construction and speak to an Amish craftsman as he designs a piece of furniture from the ground up. There will be several other demonstrations including gold leafing, stained glass craftsmanship, entertainers, live artists, pottery making along with regional beer and wine tastings.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of their 50th anniversary, there will be 50 special giveaways, including the Ultimate Rock Barn Spa &amp; Golf Package and Biltmore Candlelight Christmas Package. There will also be a major clearance sale taking place throughout the weekendand visitors will be able to take home fine furniture selections at tremendous discounts. \u00a0Hickory Furniture Mart is the ultimate furniture destination. With over 100 showrooms, galleries andoutlets, offering a diverse selection of premier manufacturers, you\u2019ll find everything you need in homefurnishings conveniently located under one roof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Each year, visitors travel to western North Carolina in order to interact with furniture craftsmen and artisans as they demonstrate their unique skills and trades throughout the Mart. \u201cThis region is rich in furniture heritage and culture and people have a genuine interest in learning moreabout the quality of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,5,25,23],"tags":[76],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}