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      Form 8-k Filing _ Rick Isaak Announcement dated 08/22/07
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                    Richard R. Isaak</font></div>
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Form 8-k Filing _ Rick Isaak Announcement dated 08/22/07
UNITED
          STATES
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): May 18, 2007
Furniture
          Brands International, Inc.
(Exact
          name of Registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
001-00091
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
                    5.02.
Departure
                    of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
                    of
                    Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
                    Officers.
On
                    May 18, 2007, the Company appointed Richard R. Isaak as Controller
                    and Chief Accounting Officer, replacing Steven W. Alstadt, who
                    will serve
                    as Assistant Controller in order to focus on the Company's internal
                    processes and reporting. Mr. Isaak, 39, has been a member of the
                    Company's finance department since April 2007 when he joined the
                    Company. From March 2003 to April 2007, Mr. Isaak served as Director
                    of
                    Accounting and Reporting and then Vice President, Controller,
                    and Chief
                    Accounting Officer for Panera Bread Company. From September 1990 to
                    March 2003, he was an auditor with Ernst & Young
                    LLP.
2
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/
                    Richard R. Isaak
Name:
                    Richard R. Isaak
Title:
                    Controller and Chief Accounting
                    Officer
Dated:
          May 22, 2007