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form8-k_021408.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):  February 11, 2008
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
                February
                11, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment
                of
                Jon Botsford, and the retirement of Lynn Chipperfield.  Mr.
                Botsford, 53, joins the Company from Steelcase, Inc., where he had
                a
                21-year career and served most recently
for
                over seven years
as Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal
                Officer.  Mr. Botsford earned a BA with honors from Michigan
                State University and holds a JD from the University of California
                at Los
                Angeles, where he served on the Board of Editors of the UCLA Law
                Review.
Mr.
                Chipperfield served the
                Company for 25 years, and has been planning his retirement for some
                time.  He has agreed to remain with the Company during a
                transition period for Mr. Botsford, and there are no disagreements
                between
                Mr. Chipperfield, the Company or the Board of Directors.
A copy of
                the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and
                incorporated by reference herein.
Item
                9.01
Financial
                Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
99.1
Press
                Release
                issued by the Company, dated February 11, 2008, announcing the appointment
                of Jon Botsford and the retirement of Lynn
                Chipperfield.
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:
      February 14,
      2008
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Description
99.1
Press
                Release
                issued by the Company, dated February 11, 2008, announcing the appointment
                of Jon Botsford and the retirement of Lynn
                Chipperfield.