As  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December
22, 2000.

                                 Registration No. _______________



               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549
                      ____________________


                            FORM S-8
                     REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                              Under
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                      ____________________

                       DMI FURNITURE, INC.
       (Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)

Delaware                                      41-0678467
(State or other                               (I.R.S. Employee
jurisdiction of                               Identfication No.)
Incorporation or
organization)
                        One Oxmoor Place
                        101 Bullitt Lane
                   Louisville, Kentucky 40222
            (Address of principal executive offices)
                      _____________________

   DMI Furniture, Inc. 1993 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan for
                            Employees
                     (Full title of the plan)
                      _____________________

Joseph G. Hill                           Copy to:
Executive   Vice  President,
Operations and Secretary                 Alan K. MacDonald
DMI Furniture, Inc.                      Frost Brown Todd LLC
One Oxmoor Place                         400 W. Market Street
101 Bullitt Lane                         32nd Floor
Louisville, Kentucky 40222               Louisville, Kentucky  40202-3363
(502) 426-4351                           (502) 589-5400

(Name, address and telephone
number,
Including area code, of
agent for service)
                     _______________________

 CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
    Title of      Amount to    Proposed    Proposed     Amount
   securities         be       maximum      maximum       of
to be registered  Registered   offering    aggregate   registration
                              price per    offering       fee
                                share        price
  Common Stock,    200,000    $2.00 (2)   $400,000.00    $264.00
no par value      Shares (1)

(1)  Plus such additional shares as may become issuable by reason
     of the antidilution provisions of the Plan.
(2)  Estimated   solely  for  the  purpose  of  determining   the
     registration fee, based on the average bid and asked  prices
     on  December  20,  2000 as reported by the  Nasdaq  SmallCap
     Market, pursuant to Rule 457.
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                             PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


      The contents of Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 33-85826) to register 600,000 shares of its
common   stock   originally   authorized   for   issuance   under
Registrant's  1993 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan  for  Employees
have   been   incorporated  by  reference  in  this  Registration
Statement.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

       Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibit

       4.1...........DMI Furniture, Inc. 1993 Long-Term Incentive
                     Stock Plan for Employees (incorporated by
                     reference to the Registration Statement on
                     Form S-8, Registration No. 33-85826)

       4.2...........Restated Certificate of  Incorporation
                     (incorporated by reference to the  Registration
                     Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-52546)

       4.3...........Amended and Restated Bylaws
                     (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form  8-K
                     dated September 6, 2000)

       5.............Opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLC

       23.1..........Consent of Arthur Anderson LLP

       23.2..........Consent  of Frost Brown  Todd  LLC
                     (contained  in  their opinion  filed  as
                     Exhibit 5)

       24............Powers of Attorney (included on the
                     signature   page  of  this  Registration
                     Statement)

                           SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,
the  Registrant  certifies  that it  has  reasonable  grounds  to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on  Form
S-8  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on  its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,  in
Louisville, Kentucky on this 15th day of  December, 2000.



                                   By:  /s/ Donald D. Dreher
                                        Donald D. Dreher
                                        Chairman, President &
                                        Chief Executive Officer


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know  All  Men  By  These Presents, that each  person  whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Donald D. Dreher
and  Joseph  G.  Hill,  and each of them,  his  true  and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in  any
and  all  capacities,  to sign any and all amendments  (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents  in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting  unto  said attorneys-in-fact and agents,  and  each  of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and  every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents  and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby
ratifying  and  confirming  all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents   or   any  of  them,  or  their  or  his  substitute   or
substitutions,  may lawfully do or cause to  be  done  by  virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed  by  the  following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

   Signature                     Title                  Date


/s/ Donald D. Dreher        President, Chief Executive      December 15, 2000
Donald D. Dreher              Officer and Director
                             (Principal Executive
                              Officer)

/s/ Joseph G. Hill         Executive Vice President,        December 15, 2000
Joseph G. Hill            Operations,  Secretary and
                                   Director



/s/ Phillip J. Keller     Vice President, Finance,          December 15, 2000
Phillip J. Keller       Chief Financial Officer and
                          Treasurer (Principal
                       Financial and Accounting
                              Officer)


/s/ Thomas M.                 Director               December 15, 2000
Thomas M. Levine


/s/ David M. Martin           Director               December 15, 2000
David M. Martin


/s/ W. Howard Armistead       Director               December 15, 2000
W. Howard Armistead


/s/ Joseph L. Ponce           Director               December 15, 2000
Joseph L. Ponce



                          EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number                     Description of Exhibit


      4.1...........DMI Furniture, Inc. 1993 Long-Term  Incentive
                    Stock Plan for Employees (incorporated by
                    reference to the Registration
                    Statement on Form S-8, Registration  No. 33-85826)

      4.2...........Restated Certificate of Incorporation
                    (incorporated by reference to the
                    Registration Statement on Form S-8,
                    Registration No. 333-52546)

      4.3...........Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by
                    reference to Exhibit 3 to Form  8-K
                    dated September 6, 2000)

      5.............Opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLC

      23.1..........Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

      23.2..........Consent  of Frost Brown  Todd  LLC
                    (contained  in  their opinion  filed  as
                    Exhibit 5)

      24............Powers of Attorney (included on the
                    signature page of this Registration
                    Statement)
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As  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December
22, 2000.

                                 Registration No. _______________

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549
                      ____________________

                            FORM S-8
                     REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                              Under
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                      ____________________

                       DMI FURNITURE, INC.
       (Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)

Delaware                                      41-0678467
(State or other                               (I.R.S. Employee
jurisdiction of                               Identfication No.)
Incorporation or
organization)
                        One Oxmoor Place
                        101 Bullitt Lane
                   Louisville, Kentucky 40222
            (Address of principal executive offices)
                      _____________________

   DMI Furniture, Inc. 1993 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan for
                            Employees
                     (Full title of the plan)
                      _____________________

Joseph G. Hill                           Copy to:
Executive   Vice  President,
Operations and Secretary                 Alan K. MacDonald
DMI Furniture, Inc.                      Frost Brown Todd LLC
One Oxmoor Place                         400 W. Market Street
101 Bullitt Lane                         32nd Floor
Louisville, Kentucky 40222               Louisville, Kentucky  40202-3363
(502) 426-4351                           (502) 589-5400

(Name, address and telephone
number,
Including area code, of
agent for service)
                     _______________________

 CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
    Title of      Amount to    Proposed    Proposed     Amount
   securities         be       maximum      maximum       of
to be registered  Registered   offering    aggregate   registration
                              price per    offering       fee
                                share        price
  Common Stock,    200,000    $2.00 (2)   $400,000.00    $264.00
no par value      Shares (1)

(1)  Plus such additional shares as may become issuable by reason
     of the antidilution provisions of the Plan.
(2)  Estimated   solely  for  the  purpose  of  determining   the
     registration fee, based on the average bid and asked  prices
     on  December  20,  2000 as reported by the  Nasdaq  SmallCap
     Market, pursuant to Rule 457.
PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

      The contents of Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 33-85826) to register 600,000 shares of its
common   stock   originally   authorized   for   issuance   under
Registrant's  1993 Long-Term Incentive Stock Plan  for  Employees
have   been   incorporated  by  reference  in  this  Registration
Statement.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

       Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibit

       4.1...........DMI Furniture, Inc. 1993 Long-Term Incentive
                     Stock Plan for Employees (incorporated by
                     reference to the Registration Statement on
                     Form S-8, Registration No. 33-85826)

       4.2...........Restated Certificate of  Incorporation
                     (incorporated by reference to the  Registration
                     Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-52546)

       4.3...........Amended and Restated Bylaws
                     (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form  8-K
                     dated September 6, 2000)

       5.............Opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLC

       23.1..........Consent of Arthur Anderson LLP

       23.2..........Consent  of Frost Brown  Todd  LLC
                     (contained  in  their opinion  filed  as
                     Exhibit 5)

       24............Powers of Attorney (included on the
                     signature   page  of  this  Registration
                     Statement)

                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,
the  Registrant  certifies  that it  has  reasonable  grounds  to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on  Form
S-8  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on  its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,  in
Louisville, Kentucky on this 15th day of  December, 2000.

                                   By:  /s/ Donald D. Dreher
                                        Donald D. Dreher
                                        Chairman, President &
                                        Chief Executive Officer

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know  All  Men  By  These Presents, that each  person  whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Donald D. Dreher
and  Joseph  G.  Hill,  and each of them,  his  true  and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in  any
and  all  capacities,  to sign any and all amendments  (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents  in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting  unto  said attorneys-in-fact and agents,  and  each  of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and  every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents  and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby
ratifying  and  confirming  all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents   or   any  of  them,  or  their  or  his  substitute   or
substitutions,  may lawfully do or cause to  be  done  by  virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed  by  the  following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

   Signature                     Title                  Date

/s/ Donald D. Dreher        President, Chief Executive      December 15, 2000
Donald D. Dreher              Officer and Director
                             (Principal Executive
                              Officer)

/s/ Joseph G. Hill         Executive Vice President,        December 15, 2000
Joseph G. Hill            Operations,  Secretary and
                                   Director

/s/ Phillip J. Keller     Vice President, Finance,          December 15, 2000
Phillip J. Keller       Chief Financial Officer and
                          Treasurer (Principal
                       Financial and Accounting
                              Officer)

/s/ Thomas M.                 Director               December 15, 2000
Thomas M. Levine

/s/ David M. Martin           Director               December 15, 2000
David M. Martin

/s/ W. Howard Armistead       Director               December 15, 2000
W. Howard Armistead

/s/ Joseph L. Ponce           Director               December 15, 2000
Joseph L. Ponce

                          EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number                     Description of Exhibit

      4.1...........DMI Furniture, Inc. 1993 Long-Term  Incentive
                    Stock Plan for Employees (incorporated by
                    reference to the Registration
                    Statement on Form S-8, Registration  No. 33-85826)

      4.2...........Restated Certificate of Incorporation
                    (incorporated by reference to the
                    Registration Statement on Form S-8,
                    Registration No. 333-52546)

      4.3...........Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by
                    reference to Exhibit 3 to Form  8-K
                    dated September 6, 2000)

      5.............Opinion of Frost Brown Todd LLC

      23.1..........Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

      23.2..........Consent  of Frost Brown  Todd  LLC
                    (contained  in  their opinion  filed  as
                    Exhibit 5)

      24............Powers of Attorney (included on the
                    signature page of this Registration
                    Statement)