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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong></font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Washington,
      D.C. 20549</font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>FORM
      8-K</strong></font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>CURRENT
      REPORT</strong></font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</font></div>
    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934</font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date
      of
      Report (date of earliest event reported): November 1, 2005 (October 26,
      2005)</font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Furniture
      Brands International, Inc.</u></font></div>
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      name of Registrant as specified in charter)</font></div>
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                Number)</font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>101
      South Hanley Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63105</u></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></div>
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      of principal executive offices) (zip code)</font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>(314)
      863-1100 </u></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></div>
    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Registrant&#8217;s
      telephone number, including area code)</font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>None
      </u></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></div>
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      name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></div>
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      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17CFR
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      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17CFR
      240.14a-12)</font></div>
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      ]</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act </font></div>
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      240.14d-2(b))</font></div>
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      ]</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act</font></div>
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    <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      1.01.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 45pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Entry
      into a Material Definitive Agreement</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
      October 26, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company increased the amount
      of
      the annual cash retainer paid to non-management directors from $42,000 to
      $55,000 per year, effective November 1, 2005, and increased the amount of the
      annual stock grant paid to non-management directors from $55,000 to $75,000
      per
      year, effective with the 2006 grant.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Also,
      on
      October 26, 2005, the Board of Directors approved a resolution freezing the
      Furniture Brands Supplemental Retirement Plan, effective December 31, 2005.
      No
      additional benefits will accrue under this plan. A transitional benefit will
      be
      provided under the plan for those participants who have reached age 50 and
      earned 10 or more years of service as of December 31, 2005.&#160; <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Participants
      include Messrs. Holliman, Foy, Chipperfield, and Alstadt, executive officers
      of
      the Company. </font>Effective January 1, 2006, a new nonqualified deferred
      compensation plan will be established for eligible employees, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">including
      certain executive officers of the Company,</font> to be known as the Furniture
      Brands International, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.</font></div>
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    <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      2.02.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 45pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Results
      of Operations and Financial Condition</font></div>
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      October 26, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing its financial
      results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2005. A copy of the
      press
      release is furnished as Exhibit 99(a) to this report and is incorporated
      herein.</font></div>
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      8.01.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 45pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Other
      Events</font></div>
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      October 27, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board
      of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per common share payable
      November 25, 2005 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November
      7, 2005. A copy of the press release is furnished Exhibit 99(b) to this report
      and is incorporated herein.</font></div>
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      9.01.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 45pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Financial
      Statements and Exhibits</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Press
                Release issued by the Company, dated October 26, 2005,
                reporting</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
                Company&#8217;s financial results for the third quarter and first nine
                months</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">of
                2005.</font></div>
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                Release issued by the Company, dated October 27, 2005,
                reporting</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the
                Company&#8217;s quarterly dividend
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>SIGNATURE</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div align="left"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
      duly authorized.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Furniture
                Brands International, Inc.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">/s/
                Steven W. Alstadt</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Controller
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    <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Dated:
      November 1, 2005</font></div>
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    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><u>EXHIBIT
      INDEX</u></strong></font></div>
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                Release issued by the Company, dated October 26, 2005, reporting
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                financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of
                2005.</font></div>
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Form 8-k Filing dated 11/01/05
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934
Date
      of
      Report (date of earliest event reported): November 1, 2005 (October 26,
      2005)
Furniture
      Brands International, Inc.
(Exact
      name of Registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
I-91
43-0337683
(State
                of Incorporation)
(Commission
(IRS
                Employer
File
                Number)
Identification
                Number)
101
      South Hanley Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63105
(Address
      of principal executive offices) (zip code)
(314)
      863-1100
(Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former
      name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions:
[
      ]
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17CFR
      230.425)
[
      ]
Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17CFR
      240.14a-12)
[
      ]
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17
      CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
[
      ]
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17
      CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item
      1.01.
Entry
      into a Material Definitive Agreement
On
      October 26, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company increased the amount
      of
      the annual cash retainer paid to non-management directors from $42,000 to
      $55,000 per year, effective November 1, 2005, and increased the amount of the
      annual stock grant paid to non-management directors from $55,000 to $75,000
      per
      year, effective with the 2006 grant.
Also,
      on
      October 26, 2005, the Board of Directors approved a resolution freezing the
      Furniture Brands Supplemental Retirement Plan, effective December 31, 2005.
      No
      additional benefits will accrue under this plan. A transitional benefit will
      be
      provided under the plan for those participants who have reached age 50 and
      earned 10 or more years of service as of December 31, 2005.
Participants
      include Messrs. Holliman, Foy, Chipperfield, and Alstadt, executive officers
      of
      the Company.
Effective January 1, 2006, a new nonqualified deferred
      compensation plan will be established for eligible employees,
including
      certain executive officers of the Company,
to be known as the Furniture
      Brands International, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.
Item
      2.02.
Results
      of Operations and Financial Condition
On
      October 26, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing its financial
      results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2005. A copy of the
      press
      release is furnished as Exhibit 99(a) to this report and is incorporated
      herein.
Item
      8.01.
Other
      Events
On
      October 27, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board
      of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per common share payable
      November 25, 2005 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November
      7, 2005. A copy of the press release is furnished Exhibit 99(b) to this report
      and is incorporated herein.
Item
      9.01.
Financial
      Statements and Exhibits
(d)
99(a)
Press
                Release issued by the Company, dated October 26, 2005,
                reporting
the
                Company's financial results for the third quarter and first nine
                months
of
                2005.
99(b)
Press
                Release issued by the Company, dated October 27, 2005,
                reporting
the
                Company's quarterly dividend
                declaration.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
      duly authorized.
Furniture
                Brands International, Inc.
By:
/s/
                Steven W. Alstadt
Steven
                W. Alstadt
Controller
                and Chief Accounting Officer
Dated:
      November 1, 2005
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Description
99(a)
Press
                Release issued by the Company, dated October 26, 2005, reporting
                the
Company's
                financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of
                2005.
99(b)
Press
                Release issued by the Company, dated October 27, 2005, reporting
                the
Company's
                quarterly dividend
                declaration.