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form8k_dated110207.htm
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):  October 31, 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
                2.02.
Results
                of
                Operations and Financial Conditions
Attached
                as
                Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated herein by reference, is a copy of the
                Company's press release dated October 31, 2007 announcing its
                financial results for the third quarter of 2007.
The
                information in this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be
                deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
                Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities
                of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
                in any
                filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except
                as
                expressly set forth by specific reference in such a
                filing.
Item
                8.01.
Other
                Events
On
                November 1, 2007, the Company
                issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared
                a
                quarterly dividend of $0.16 per common share payable November 23,
                2007 to
                shareholders of record at the close of business on November 12,
                2007.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2
                to this report and is incorporated herein.
Item
                9.01.
Financial
                Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
The
                following
                exhibit relating to Item 2.02 shall be deemed to be furnished, and
                not filed:
99.1
Press
                Release
                issued by the Company, dated October 31, 2007, announcing its financial
                results for the third quarter of 2007.
99.2
Press
                Release
                issued by the Company, dated November 1, 2007, announcing a declaration
                by
                its Board of Directors of a quarterly
                dividend.
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
Richard
                R.
                Isaak
Controller
                and Chief Accounting Officer
Dated:
      November 2,
      2007
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Description
99.1
Press
                Release
                issued by the Company, dated October 31, 2007, announcing its financial
                results for the third quarter of 2007.
99.2
Press
                Release
                issued by the Company, dated November 1, 2007, announcing a declaration
                by
                its Board of Directors of a quarterly
                dividend.