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                                                                   Exhibit 10(m)


                        SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND
                            RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT


         THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
"AMENDMENT") is executed as of the 29th day of March, 2002 (the "EFFECTIVE
DATE"), by DMI FURNITURE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), DMI
MANAGEMENT, INC., a Kentucky corporation (the GUARANTOR"), and BANK ONE,
INDIANA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association with its principal
office in Indianapolis, Indiana (the "BANK").

                                    RECITALS

         1. The Company and the Bank are parties to a certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2001, as amended by a certain
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 3,
2002 (as so amended, the "Existing Agreement").

         2. The Company has requested a waiver of its failure to comply with
Sections 6.01(g)(2) and 6.01(g)(3) of the Existing Agreement, with respect to
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDA,
respectively, for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on
March 3, 2002.

         3. The Company has, in addition, requested certain modifications and
amendments of the Existing Agreement, including Sections 6.01(g)(2) and
6.01(g)(3) thereof, and the parties have agreed INTER ALIA, to a reduction of
the Maximum Availability and to the cancellation of the Bank's commitment to
issue Documentary Letters of Credit.

         4. Subject to the terms and conditions stated in this Amendment, the
Bank is willing to agree to such waiver and to the modification and amendment of
the Existing Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Amendment.

                                    AGREEMENT

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants
and agreements herein, and each act performed and to be performed hereunder, the
Bank and the Company agree as follows:

         1. DEFINITIONS. All terms used in this Amendment that are defined in
the Existing Agreement, and that are not otherwise defined in this Amendment,
shall have the same meanings in this Amendment as are ascribed to them in the
Existing Agreement.

         2. WAIVER. The Company acknowledges that, as of March 3, 2002, and for
the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on such date, the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company was less than 1.10 to 1, being the
minimum required by Section 6.01(g)(2) of the Existing Agreement, and the Ratio
of Total Funded Debt to EBITDA of the Company was in excess of 4.25 to 1, being
the maximum permitted by Section 6.01(g)(3) of the Existing Agreement, and that
such violations constitute Events of Default under the Existing Agreement. The
Bank hereby waives the Events of Default which occurred by reason of such
violations of Sections 6.01(g)(2) and 6.01(g)(3) of the Existing Agreement with
respect to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Ratio of Total Funded Debt to
EBITDA. These waivers are only with respect to the specific Events of Default
for the periods described in this letter and are not waivers of any other prior
or subsequent failure of compliance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or the
Ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDA, or of any other Event of Default, now
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         3. AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING AGREEMENT.

                  (a) DELETION OF DEFINITIONS. Each of the following
definitions, as set forth in Section 1.01 of the Existing Agreement, are deleted
from the Existing Agreement as of the Effective Date: "Applicable Documentary
Letter of Credit Commission Rate," "DLC Facility," "DLC Facility Maturity Date,"
"DLC Note," "Documentary Letter of Credit," "Documentary Letter of Credit
Exposure," "Documentary Letter of Credit Loan," "Draft," "Maximum DLC
Availability," "Reimbursement Agreements," "Scheduled DLC Facility Maturity
Date," and "Standby Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement."

                  (b) AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS. Each of the following
definitions, as set forth in Section 1.01 of the Existing Agreement, are amended
and restated in their respective entireties as of the Effective Date to read as
follows:

         "COMPANY'S AUDITORS" means a large national or regional independent
         certified public accounting firm acceptable to the Bank.

         "LETTER OF CREDIT" means any of the Credit Enhancement Letters of
         Credit as the context requires, and when used in the plural form, means
         all of the Letters of Credit or any combination of them as the context
         requires.

         "LOAN" means the Revolving Loan, the Term Loan, any Remarketing
         Reimbursement Loan-1993 Bonds, or any Remarketing Reimbursement
         Loan-1994 Refunding Bonds, as the context requires, and when used in
         the plural form refers to all of the Loans or any combination of them,
         as the context requires.

         "LOAN DOCUMENTS" means, collectively, this Agreement, the Revolving
         Note, the Term Note, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the
         Mortgage Amendments, the Guaranty, the Reimbursement Agreements, all
         other instruments, agreements and documents executed and delivered or
         to be delivered by the Company pursuant to or by virtue of this
         Agreement and any and all interest hedging agreements which at any time
         from and after the Closing Date may be made between the Company and the
         Bank, as each may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, supplemented
         and/or restated from time to time and at any time, and when used in the
         singular form, means any of the Loan Documents, as the context
         requires.

         "MAXIMUM AVAILABILITY" means, as of any date of determination, the
         lesser of: (a) one of the following amounts, as applicable: (i) from
         and after the Closing Date to and including January 30, 2002,
         $23,000,000; or (ii) from and after January 31, 2002 until the
         Scheduled Revolving Loan Maturity Date, $19,000,000; and (b) the
         Borrowing Base.

         "NOTE" means the Revolving Note, the Term Note, any Remarketing
         Reimbursement Note-1993 Bonds, or any Remarketing Reimbursement
         Note-1994 Refunding Bonds, as the context requires, and when used in
         the plural form refers to all of the Notes or any combination of them,
         as the context requires.

         "RATIO OF TOTAL FUNDED DEBT TO EBITDA" means, with respect to any
         period, the ratio of Total Funded Debt at the close of that period to
         EBITDA for that period. For purposes of determining the Applicable
         Unused Commitment Fee Percentage, the Applicable Credit Enhancement
         Letter of Credit Commission Rate, the Applicable Spread, the Ratio of
         Total Funded Debt to EBITDA shall be determined, on a rolling four
         quarter basis, as of the close of each fiscal quarter of the Company
         ending after the Closing Date on the basis of the Interim Financial
         Statements for such fiscal quarter and the most recent three preceding
         fiscal quarters of the Company (a "Quarterly Adjustment"). No Quarterly
         Adjustment shall be effective as to any LIBOR-based Rate until the
         expiration of the period of time for which such LIBOR-based Rate shall
         have been selected by the Company. The Ratio of Total Funded Debt to
         EBITDA shall be adjusted on the last Banking Day of the calendar month
         in which the Bank receives the most recent Interim Financial Statements
         upon which such adjustment is based. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
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         Company fails to deliver any Interim Financial Statements when due as
         required by this Agreement and fails to cure such default within ten
         (10) days after notice of such default to the Company by the Bank, then
         the Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Percentage, the Applicable Credit
         Enhancement Letter of Credit Commission Rate, and Applicable Spread
         shall be adjusted (without further notice by the Bank) to the largest
         number shown in the table applicable to such definition from such due
         date until the first interest payment date which follows such delivery
         to the Bank of such Interim Financial Statements. It is noted that the
         tables shown in the definitions of the terms Applicable Credit
         Enhancement Letter of Commission Rate, Applicable Unused Commitment Fee
         Percentage, Applicable Spread may provide for a Ratio of Total Funded
         Debt to EBITDA greater than that which will be permissible under the
         terms of Section 6.01(g)(3) . For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed
         that it is the intent of the parties that the Bank shall be free to
         exercise all remedies otherwise provided for in this Agreement in the
         event of the violation by the Company of the covenant stated in Section
         6.01(g)(3), notwithstanding those tables.

                  (c) NEW DEFINITIONS. Section 1.01 of the Existing Agreement is
amended, as of the Effective Date, by adding thereto the following definitions:

         "SECOND AMENDMENT" means the Second Amendment to Amended Restated
         Credit Agreement, dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date,
         executed by the Company, the Guarantor, and the Bank.

         "SECOND AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE" means March 29, 2002.

                  (d) SECTION 2.03. Section 2.03 of the Existing Agreement,
concerning the Documentary Letter of Credit Facility, is deleted from the
Existing Agreement as of the Effective Date.

                  (e) SECTION 6.01(g)(2). Subsection (2) of Section 6.01(g) of
the Existing Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety, as of the
Effective Date, to provide as follows:

                  (2) FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO. As of the close of each
         fiscal quarter of the Company ending after the Closing Date, for the
         period of the four consecutive fiscal quarters which end on each such
         close, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be not less than (i)
         1.15:1 for the fiscal quarter ending on June 1, 2002, and (ii) 1.20:1
         for each fiscal quarter ending after June 1, 2002.

                  (f) SECTION 6.01(g)(3). Subsection (3) of Section 6.01(g) of
the Existing Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety, as of the
Effective Date, to provide as follows:

                  (3) RATIO OF TOTAL FUNDED DEBT TO EBITDA. As of the close of
         each fiscal quarter of the Company ending after the Closing Date, for
         the period of the four consecutive fiscal quarters which end on each
         such close, the Ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDA shall be not
         greater than (i) 5.00:1 for the fiscal quarter ending on June 1, 2002,
         (ii) 4.75:1 for the fiscal quarter ending on September 1, 2002, (iii)
         3.75:1 for the fiscal quarter ending on November 30, 2002, (iv) 3.00:1
         for each of the three (3) fiscal quarters ending, respectively, on
         March 1, May 31, and August 30, 2003, and for the three (3)
         corresponding fiscal quarters of each fiscal year thereafter, and (v)
         3.50:1 for the fiscal quarter ending on November 30, 2003, and for the
         corresponding fiscal quarter of each fiscal year thereafter.



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         4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and warrants
to the Bank that:

                  (a) (i) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Amendment and all agreements and documents delivered pursuant hereto
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will
not violate any provision of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment,
injunction, or award presently in effect applying to the Company or any
Subsidiary, or any of their respective articles of incorporation or by-laws, or
result in a breach of or constitute a default under any material agreement,
lease or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by
which any of them or any of their property may be bound or affected; (ii) no
authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption or filing of a registration
with any court or governmental department, agency or instrumentality is or will
be necessary to the valid execution, delivery, or performance by the Company or
any Subsidiary of this Amendment and all agreements and documents delivered
pursuant hereto; (iii) this Amendment and all agreements and documents delivered
pursuant hereto by the Company and any Subsidiary are legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company and each Subsidiary, as applicable to each of them,
as signatories thereto and enforceable against each of them as signatories
thereto in accordance with the terms thereof.

                  (b) After giving effect to the amendments contained in this
Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in Article IV of the
Existing Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Effective Date with the
same force and effect as if made on and as of the Effective Date, except that
the representations in Section 4.01(d) of the Existing Agreement shall be deemed
to refer to the consolidated Financial Statements most recently delivered to the
Bank prior to the Effective Date.

                  (c) No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or will
exist under the Existing Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, as of the
Effective Date.

         5. CONDITIONS. The waiver and amendments contained herein are expressly
subject to and shall be effective only upon the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent on or before the Effective Date:

                  (a) Copies, certified as of the Effective Date, of such
corporate documents of the Company and the Guarantor as the Bank may request,
including articles of incorporation and by-laws (or certifying as to the
continued accuracy of the articles of incorporation and by-laws previously
delivered to the Bank), and incumbency certificates, and such documents
evidencing necessary corporate action by the Company and the Guarantor with
respect to this Amendment and all other agreements or documents delivered
pursuant hereto as the Bank may request.

                  (b) This Amendment shall have been duly executed by the
Company and acknowledged by the Guarantor.

                  (c) The Bank shall have been paid a waiver fee in the amount
of Fifteen Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($15,000.00), which fee shall be fully
earned when paid and non-refundable.

                  (d) The Company shall have paid all costs and expenses
incurred by the Bank in connection with the negotiation, preparation and closing
of this Amendment and any other documents and agreements delivered pursuant
hereto, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of Baker &
Daniels, special counsel to the Bank.

                  (e) The representations and warranties of the Company referred
to in Section 4 hereof shall be true and complete in all material respects.

                  (f) The Company and the Guarantor shall have executed and
delivered to the Bank such additional agreements, documents and certifications,
fully executed by the Company and the Guarantor, as may be reasonably requested
by the Bank.



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         6. MISCELLANEOUS. It is expressly understood and agreed that this
Amendment shall not constitute either (a) a modification, alteration or
amendment of the terms, conditions, and covenants of any Loan Document, all of
which shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, except as otherwise
specifically set forth herein, or (b) a waiver, release or limitation upon the
exercise by Bank of any of the rights, legal or equitable, under any Loan
Document except as to matters as to which Bank herein expressly consents or
waives compliance and only for the relevant time period set forth herein.
Nothing herein is intended or shall be construed to release or relieve the
Company or any other party in any way or to any extent from any of the
obligations, covenants or agreements imposed upon it by any Loan Document, or
from the consequences of any default thereunder, except as to matters as to
which Bank expressly agrees herein. The Company hereby specifically ratifies and
affirms the terms and provisions of the Existing Agreement, as amended by this
Second Amendment. This Amendment shall not establish a course of dealing or be
construed as evidence of any willingness on the Bank's part to grant other or
future waivers or amendments, should any be requested.

         7. RELEASE OF BANK. The Company acknowledges that as of the date of
this Amendment it has no defense, setoff or counterclaim with respect to the
Obligations of the Company to the Bank. THE COMPANY RELEASES THE BANK FROM ANY
AND ALL CLAIMS WHICH MAY HAVE ARISEN, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, IN CONNECTION WITH THE
EXISTING AGREEMENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE DATE HEREOF.

         8. BINDING ON SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All of the terms and provisions
of this Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto, their respective successors, assigns and legal representatives, provided
that the Company's rights under the Agreement shall not be assignable without
the prior written consent of the Bank.

         9. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment is a contract made under, and shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Indiana
applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such state and
without giving affect to the choice of law principles of such state.

         10. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Amendment constitutes and expresses the
entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings,
commitments, inducements or conditions, whether expressed or implied, oral or
written.

         11. SURVIVAL. All covenants, agreements, undertakings, representations
and warranties made in this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery
of this Amendment, and shall not be affected by any investigation made by any
party.

         12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT BY GUARANTOR. The undersigned
Guarantor (i) consents to the amendment of the Existing Agreement as provided in
this Amendment and consents to the execution and performance of such Amendment
by the Company and the Bank, (ii) reaffirms the Amended and Restated Guaranty
Agreement, dated October 23, 2001, and any other agreements, documents, and
instruments securing or otherwise relating thereto ("Guarantor Documents"),
(iii) acknowledges that the Guarantor Documents continue in full force and
effect, remain unchanged, except as specifically modified hereby, and are valid,
binding, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, (iv) agrees
that all references, if any, in the Guarantor Documents to the Existing
Agreement are modified to refer to that document as modified by this Amendment,
and (v) agrees to be bound by the release of Bank set forth in this Amendment.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and delivered as of the Effective Date.

                                   DMI FURNITURE, INC.,
                                   a Delaware corporation

                                   By:
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                      Printed: Phillip J. Keller
                                      Title:   Vice President - Finance and
                                               Chief Financial Officer




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                                                                 (the "Company")




                                   DMI MANAGEMENT, INC.

                                   By:
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                      Printed: Phillip J. Keller
                                      Title:   Vice President - Finance and
                                               Chief Financial Officer

                                                              (the "Guarantor")


                                   BANK ONE, INDIANA, NATIONAL
                                   ASSOCIATION

                                   By:
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                      Printed: Steven P. Clemens
                                      Title: First Vice President

                                                              (the "Bank")




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