|   | (Mark                      one)                                                                                                                          |
|--------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |                                                                                                                                                     |
| (X)    | QUARTERLY                      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE                      ACT OF                      1934  |
|   | For                      the quarterly period ended March                      31, 2006                      or                                          |
|   |                                                                                                                                                     |
|   | TRANSITION                      REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE                      ACT OF                      1934 |
|   | For                      the transition period from ____________ to ____________                                                                         |
|   |                                                                                                                                                     |
|   | Commission                      file number I-91                                                                                                         |

| Furniture                      Brands International, Inc.                                        |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (Exact                      name of registrant as specified in its                      charter) |

| Delaware                                                  |   | 43-0337683                               |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------|
| (State                      or other jurisdiction of      |   | (I.R.S.                      Employer    |
|  incorporation                      or organization) |   | Identification                      No.) |

| 101                      South Hanley Road, St. Louis, Missouri |   | 63105                           |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------------------------------|
| (Address                      of principal executive offices)   |   | (Zip                      Code) |

| (Registrant's                      telephone number, including area code) |   | (314)                      863-1100 |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------|

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Former                      name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since                      last                      report                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

|   |   | Yes                      (X) No (  )     |
|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

| Large                      Accelerated Filer (X) | Accelerated                      Filer ( ) | Non-Accelerated                      Filer ( ) |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

|   |   | Yes                      ( ) No (X)      |
|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------|

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| Item                      1. Financial                      Statements                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                              |
| Consolidated                      Financial Statements for the quarter ended March 31,                      2006. |
|                                                                                                              |
| Consolidated                      Balance Sheets:                                                                 |
|                                                                                                              |
| March                      31, 2006                                                                               |
| December                      31, 2005                                                                            |
|                                                                                                              |
| Consolidated                      Statements of Operations:                                                       |
|                                                                                                              |
| Three                      Months Ended March 31, 2006                                                            |
| Three                      Months Ended March 31, 2005                                                            |
|                                                                                                              |
|                                                                                                              |
| Consolidated                      Statements of Cash Flows:                                                       |
|                                                                                                              |
| Three                      Months Ended March 31, 2006                                                            |
| Three                      Months Ended March 31, 2005                                                            |
|                                                                                                              |
| Notes                      to Consolidated Financial Statements                                                   |
|                                                                                                              |

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|                                                                                |   | March                      31, |      | December                      31, |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                                |   | 2006                           |      | 2005                              |   |
| ASSETS                                                                              |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
|                                                                                |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Current                      assets:                                                |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Cash                      and cash equivalents                                      |   | $                              | 90,554    |                              | $      | 114,322 |   |
| Receivables,                      less allowances of $29,610                        |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| ($23,368                      at December 31, 2005)                                 |   |                           | 393,216   |                              |   | 349,202 |   |
| Inventories                      (Note 1)                                           |   |                           | 439,312   |                              |   | 432,814 |   |
| Deferred                      income taxes                                          |   |                           | 27,257    |                              |   | 25,540 |   |
| Prepaid                      expenses and other current assets                      |   |                           | 10,463    |                              |   | 9,790 |   |
| Total                      current assets                                           |   |                           | 960,802   |                              |   | 931,668 |   |
|                                                                                |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Property,                      plant and equipment                                  |   |                           | 653,606   |                              |   | 666,079 |   |
| Less                      accumulated depreciation                                  |   |                           | 411,238   |                              |   | 415,262 |   |
| Net                      property, plant and equipment                              |   |                           | 242,368   |                              |   | 250,817 |   |
|                                                                                |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Goodwill                                                                            |   |                           | 182,507   |                              |   | 182,507 |   |
| Other                      intangible assets                                        |   |                           | 169,671   |                              |   | 169,671 |   |
| Other                      assets                                                   |   |                           | 49,137    |                              |   | 47,561 |   |
|                                                                                |   | $                              | 1,604,485 |                              | $      | 1,582,224 |   |
|                                                                                |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| LIABILITIES                      AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                           |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
|                                                                                |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Current                      liabilities:                                           |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Accounts                      payable                                               |   | $                              | 110,698   |                              | $      | 101,860 |   |
| Accrued                      employee compensation                                  |   |                           | 31,672    |                              |   | 30,605 |   |
| Other                      accrued expenses                                         |   |                           | 81,517    |                              |   | 81,020 |   |
| Total                      current liabilities                                      |   |                           | 223,887   |                              |   | 213,485 |   |
|                                                                                |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Long-term                      debt                                                 |   |                           | 301,600   |                              |   | 301,600 |   |
| Deferred                      income taxes                                          |   |                           | 51,370    |                              |   | 60,668 |   |
| Other                      long-term liabilities (Note 8)                           |   |                           | 121,215   |                              |   | 102,519 |   |
|                                                                                |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Shareholders'                      equity:                                          |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| Preferred                      stock, authorized 10,000,000                         |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| shares,                      no par value - issued, none                            |   |                           | -         |                              |   | - |   |
| Common                      stock, authorized 200,000,000 shares,                   |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| $1.00                      stated value - issued 56,482,541                         |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| shares                      at March 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005                 |   |                           | 56,483    |                              |   | 56,483 |   |
| Paid-in                      capital                                                |   |                           | 223,247   |                              |   | 221,754 |   |
| Retained                      earnings                                              |   |                           | 842,288   |                              |   | 820,025 |   |
| Accumulated                      other comprehensive income (expense) (Note 3) |   |                           | (44,935   | )                                 |   | (41,382 | ) |
| Treasury                      stock at cost (7,514,636 shares at                    |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| March                      31, 2006 and 6,814,963 shares at                         |   |                           |      |                              |   |   |   |
| December                      31, 2005)                                             |   |                           | (170,670  | )                                 |   | (152,928 | ) |
| Total                      shareholders' equity                                     |   |                           | 906,413   |                              |   | 903,952 |   |
|                                                                                |   | $                              | 1,604,485 |                              | $      | 1,582,224 |   |

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|                                                                      |   | Three                      Months |       | Three                      Months |   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                      |   | Ended                             |       | Ended                             |   |
|                                                                      |   | March                      31,    |       | March                      31,    |   |
|                                                                      |   | 2006                              |       | 2005                              |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |
| Net                      sales                                            |   | $                                 | 661,445    |                              | $      | 641,565 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Cost                      of sales                                        |   |                              | 507,506    |                              |   | 491,628 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Gross                      profit                                         |   |                              | 153,939    |                              |   | 149,937 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Selling,                      general and administrative expenses         |   |                              | 116,564    |                              |   | 111,416 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Earnings                      from operations                             |   |                              | 37,375     |                              |   | 38,521 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Interest                      expense                                     |   |                              | 2,961      |                              |   | 3,102 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Other                      income, net (Note 7)                           |   |                              | 10,538     |                              |   | 1,890 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Earnings                      before income tax expense                   |   |                              | 44,952     |                              |   | 37,309 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Income                      tax expense                                   |   |                              | 14,730     |                              |   | 12,525 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Net                      earnings                                         |   | $                                 | 30,222     |                              | $      | 24,784 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Net                      earnings per common share:                       |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Basic                                                                     |   | $                                 | 0.61       |                              | $      | 0.47 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Diluted                                                                   |   | $                                 | 0.61       |                              | $      | 0.46 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Weighted                      average common shares outstanding (Note 2): |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Basic                                                                     |   |                              | 49,522,219 |                              |   | 53,211,846 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Diluted                                                                   |   |                              | 49,569,064 |                              |   | 53,507,094 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |

----

|                                                                      |   | Three                      Months |    | Three                      Months |   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                      |   | Ended                             |    | Ended                             |   |
|                                                                      |   | March                      31,    |    | March                      31,    |   |
|                                                                      |   | 2006                              |    | 2005                              |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |    |                              |   |
| Cash                      flows from operating activities:                |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Net                      earnings                                         |   | $                                 | 30,222  |                              | $      | 24,784 |   |
| Adjustments                      to reconcile net earnings to net cash    |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| provided                      by operating activities:                    |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Depreciation                      and amortization                        |   |                              | 10,093  |                              |   | 11,803 |   |
| Stock                      compensation expense                           |   |                              | 1,623   |                              |   | 87 |   |
| Provision                      (benefit) for deferred income taxes        |   |                              | (3,339  | )                                 |   | (2,205 | ) |
| Other,                      net                                           |   |                              | (4,699  | )                                 |   | 1,417 |   |
| Changes                      in operating assets and liabilities:         |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Accounts                      receivable                                  |   |                              | (44,014 | )                                 |   | (20,851 | ) |
| Inventories                                                               |   |                              | (6,498  | )                                 |   | 15,077 |   |
| Prepaid                      expenses and other assets                    |   |                              | (399    | )                                 |   | (9,174 | ) |
| Accounts                      payable and other accrued expenses          |   |                              | 17,143  |                              |   | 9,198 |   |
| Other                      long-term liabilities                          |   |                              | 4,059   |                              |   | 5,557 |   |
| Net                      cash provided by operating activities            |   |                              | 4,191   |                              |   | 35,693 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Cash                      flows from investing activities:                |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Proceeds                      from the disposal of assets                 |   |                              | 3,183   |                              |   | 2,139 |   |
| Additions                      to property, plant and equipment           |   |                              | (5,356  | )                                 |   | (7,941 | ) |
| Net                      cash used by investing activities                |   |                              | (2,173  | )                                 |   | (5,802 | ) |
|                                                                      |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Cash                      flows from financing activities:                |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Proceeds                      from the exercise of stock options          |   |                              | 6,769   |                              |   | 572 |   |
| Tax                      benefit from the exercise of stock options       |   |                              | 404     |                              |   | - |   |
| Payments                      of cash dividends                           |   |                              | (7,959  | )                                 |   | (7,986 | ) |
| Payments                      for the purchase of treasury stock          |   |                              | (25,000 | )                                 |   | (5,000 | ) |
| Net                      cash used by financing activities                |   |                              | (25,786 | )                                 |   | (12,414 | ) |
|                                                                      |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Net                      increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |   |                              | (23,768 | )                                 |   | 17,477 |   |
| Cash                      and cash equivalents at beginning of period     |   |                              | 114,322 |                              |   | 51,248 |   |
| Cash                      and cash equivalents at end of period           |   | $                                 | 90,554  |                              | $      | 68,725 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Supplemental                      disclosure:                             |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Cash                      payments for income taxes, net                  |   | $                                 | 18,033  |                              | $      | 15,500 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |
| Cash                      payments for interest expense                   |   | $                                 | 1,679   |                              | $      | 3,153 |   |
|                                                                      |   |                              |    |                              |   |   |   |

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| (1) | Inventories                      are summarized as follows: |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                   |   | March                      31, |    | December                      31, |   |
|----------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                   |   | 2006                           |    | 2005                              |   |
|                                   |   |                           |    |                              |   |
| Finished                      products |   | $                              | 276,166 |                              | $      | 275,985 |   |
| Work-in-process                        |   |                           | 45,104  |                              |   | 43,747 |   |
| Raw                      materials     |   |                           | 118,042 |                              |   | 113,082 |   |
|                                   |   | $                              | 439,312 |                              | $      | 432,814 |   |

| (2) | Weighted                      average shares used in the computation of basic and diluted                      net earnings                      per common share are as follows: |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                |   | Three                      Months |       | Three                      Months |   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|------------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                                |   | Ended                             |       | Ended                             |   |
|                                                |   | March                      31,    |       | March                      31,    |   |
|                                                |   | 2006                              |       | 2005                              |   |
| Weighted                      average shares used   |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| for                      basic net earnings per     |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| common                      share                   |   |                              | 49,522,219 |                              |   | 53,211,846 |   |
| Effect                      of dilutive securities: |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| Stock                      options                  |   |                              | 46,845     |                              |   | 295,248 |   |
| Weighted                      average shares used   |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| for                      diluted net earnings       |   |                              |       |                              |   |   |   |
| per                      common share               |   |                              | 49,569,064 |                              |   | 53,507,094 |   |

| (3) | Comprehensive                      income (expense) is as follows: |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                         |   | Three                      Months |   | Three                      Months |   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                         |   | Ended                             |   | Ended                             |   |
|                                                                         |   | March                      31,    |   | March                      31,    |   |
|                                                                         |   | 2006                              |   | 2005                              |   |
|                                                                         |   |                              |   |                              |   |
| Net                      earnings                                            |   | $                                 | 30,222 |                              | $      | 24,784 |   |
| Other                      comprehensive income (expense), net of tax:       |   |                              |   |                              |   |   |   |
| Change                      in fair value of financial instruments accounted |   |                              |   |                              |   |   |   |
| for                      as hedges                                           |   |                              | (4,221 | )                                 |   | 2,319 |   |
| Foreign                      currency translation                            |   |                              | 668    |                              |   | 274 |   |
| Other                      comprehensive income (expense)                    |   |                              | (3,553 | )                                 |   | 2,593 |   |
|                                                                         |   | $                                 | 26,669 |                              | $      | 27,377 |   |

|                                                               |   | March                      31, |    | December                      31, |   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                                               |   | 2006                           |    | 2005                              |   |
|                                                               |   |                           |    |                              |   |
| Fair                      value of financial instruments accounted |   |                           |    |                              |   |   |   |
| for                      as hedges                                 |   | $                              | 1,442   |                              | $      | 5,663 |   |
| Minimum                      pension liability                     |   |                           | (46,608 | )                                 |   | (46,608 | ) |
| Foreign                      currency translation                  |   |                           | 231     |                              |   | (437 | ) |
|                                                               |   | $                              | (44,935 | )                                 | $      | (41,382 | ) |

----

| (4) | Effective                          January 1, 2006 we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting                          Standard No.                          123 (Revised 2004) - Share-Based Payment (SFAS No. 123R)                          using the                          modified prospective application transition method. Under                          the modified                          prospective approach, the provisions of SFAS No. 123R are                          applied to new                          awards and to awards modified, repurchased or cancelled                          after the                          effective date. Additionally, compensation cost is also                          recognized for the                          unvested portion of awards granted prior to adoption. Prior                          year financial                          statements are not                          restated. |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | The                      adoption of SFAS No. 123R resulted in share-based compensation                      expense of                      $1,623 for the three months ended March 31, 2006. For the three                      months                      ended March 31, 2005 we accounted for stock based compensation                      plans under                      APB Opinion No. 25 "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees."                      The                      following table illustrates the impact on net earnings and                      earnings per                      common share if the fair value method had been                      applied. |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                                                                         |   | Three                      Months   |   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                                                                                         |   | Ended                               |   |
|                                                                                                                         |   | March                      31, 2005 |   |
|                                                                                                                         |   |                                |   |
| Net                      earnings                                                                                            |   | $                                   | 24,784 |   |
|                                                                                                                         |   |                                |   |   |
| Deduct:                      Stock-based employee compensationexpense                      determined under fair value based |   |                                |   |   |
| method,                      net of income tax benefits                                                                      |   |                                | (1,099 | ) |
|                                                                                                                         |   |                                |   |   |
| Net                      earnings - pro forma                                                                                |   | $                                   | 23,685 |   |
|                                                                                                                         |   |                                |   |   |
| Earnings                      per share - basic:                                                                             |   |                                |   |   |
| As                      reported                                                                                             |   | $                                   | 0.47   |   |
| Pro                      forma                                                                                               |   | $                                   | 0.45   |   |
|                                                                                                                         |   |                                |   |   |
| Earnings                      per share - diluted                                                                            |   |                                |   |   |
| As                      reported                                                                                             |   | $                                   | 0.46   |   |
| Pro                      forma                                                                                               |   | $                                   | 0.45   |   |

|                                                     |   |   |      |     |   | Weighted                          |   |      |   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-----------|----------|--------|-----------------------------------|--------|-----------|--------|
|                                                     |   |   |      | Weighted |   | Average                           |   |      |   |
|                                                     |   |   |      | Average  |   | Remaining                         |   | Aggregate |   |
|                                                     |   |   |      | Exercise |   | Contractual                       |   | Intrinsic |   |
|                                                     |   | Shares |      | Price    |   | Term                      (Years) |   | Value     |   |
| Outstanding                      at December 31, 2005    |   |   | 3,916,350 |     | $      | 23.88                             |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Granted                                                  |   |   | 632,200   |     |   | 24.84                             |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Exercised                                                |   |   | (322,800  | )        |   | 20.97                             |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Cancelled                                                |   |   | (47,200   | )        |   | 25.39                             |   |      |   |   |   |   |   |
| Outstanding                      at March 31, 2006       |   |   | 4,178,550 |     | $      | 24.23                             |   |      | 6.1    |   |   | 1,168 |   |
|  Exercisable                      at March 31, 2006 |   |   | 2,663,875 |     | $      | 24.13                             |   |      | 4.4    |   |   | 1,012 |   |

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|                                         |   | 2006   |   | 2005   |   |
|----------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|                                         |   |   |   |   |   |
| Risk-free                      interest rate |   |   | 4.38   | %      |   | 3.71 | % |
| Expected                      dividend yield |   |   | 2.41   | %      |   | 2.55 | % |
| Expected                      term (years)   |   |   | 5.5    |   |   | 6.0 |   |
| Expected                      volatility     |   |   | 39.94  | %      |   | 42.78 | % |
|                                         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

|                                                         |   | Shares |    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|---------|
| Non-vested                      balance at December 31, 2005 |   |   | 52,166  |   |
| Granted                                                      |   |   | 56,190  |   |
| Vested                                                       |   |   | (11,334 | ) |
| Forfeited                                                    |   |   | -       |   |
| Non-vested                      balance at March 31, 2006    |   |   | 97,022  |   |

| (5) | The                      components of net periodic pension cost for Company-sponsored                      defined                      benefit plans are as follows: |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                |   | Three                      Months |   | Three                      Months |   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                                |   | Ended                             |   | Ended                             |   |
|                                                |   | March                      31,    |   | March                      31,    |   |
|                                                |   | 2006                              |   | 2005                              |   |
|                                                |   |                              |   |                              |   |
| Service                      cost                   |   | $                                 | 1,450  |                              | $      | 3,400 |   |
| Interest                      cost                  |   |                              | 6,125  |                              |   | 6,425 |   |
| Expected                      return on plan assets |   |                              | (6,375 | )                                 |   | (6,500 | ) |
| Net                      amortization and deferral  |   |                              | 1,755  |                              |   | 1,669 |   |
|                                                |   | $                                 | 2,955  |                              | $      | 4,994 |   |

| (6) | We                          have provided guarantees related to store leases for certain                          independent                          dealers opening Company-branded stores (e.g., Thomasville                          Home Furnishings                          Stores). The guarantees range from one to fifteen years                          and generally                          require us to make lease payments in the event of default                          by the dealer.                          In the event of default, we |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

----

|   | have                        the right to assign or assume the lease. The total future                        lease payments                        guaranteed at March 31, 2006 were $87,471. We consider the                        estimated loss                        on these guarantees to be de minimus; therefore, as of March                        31, 2006 we                        have not recorded any contingent liability for lease                        guarantees. |
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| (7) | In                      May 2004, in order to reduce the impact of changes in interest                      rates on                      our floating rate long-term debt, we entered into three interest                      rate swap                      agreements, each having a national amount of $100,000 and a                      termination                      date in May 2007. On April 21, 2005 we refinanced the revolving                      credit                      facility. As a result of this refinancing we discontinued                      accounting for the interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges                      as of March 31,                      2006 and reclassified the gain of $8,503 ($5,408 net of income                      tax                      expense) from accumulated other comprehensive income into                      earnings. |
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| (8) | Other                      long-term liabilities consists of the                      following: |
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|                                   |   | March                      31, |    | December                      31, |   |
|----------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|--------|
|                                   |   | 2006                           |    | 2005                              |   |
|                                   |   |                           |    |                              |   |
| Pension                      Liability |   | $                              | 74,988  |                              | $      | 72,678 |   |
| Other                                  |   |                           | 46,227  |                              |   | 29,841 |   |
|                                   |   |                           | 121,215 |                              |   | 102,519 |   |

**RESULTS            OF OPERATIONS**

|                                                               |   | Three                      Months Ended |   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------|--------|
|                                                               |   | March                      31, 2006     |   | March                      31, 2005 |   |
|                                                               |   |                                    |   | %                      of |   |   |   | %                      of |   |
|                                                               |   | Dollars                                 |   | Net                      Sales |   | Dollars |   | Net                      Sales |   |
| Net                      sales                                     |   | $                                       | 661.4  |   |   | 100.0 | % | $ | 641.5 |   |   | 100.0 | % |
| Cost                      of sales                                 |   |                                    | 507.5  |   |   | 76.7 |   |   | 491.6 |   |   | 76.6 |   |
| Gross                      profit                                  |   |                                    | 153.9  |   |   | 23.3 |   |   | 149.9 |   |   | 23.4 |   |
| Selling,                      general and administrative expenses  |   |                                    | 116.5  |   |   | 17.6 |   |   | 111.4 |   |   | 17.4 |   |
| Earnings                      from operations                      |   |                                    | 37.4   |   |   | 5.7 |   |   | 38.5 |   |   | 6.0 |   |
| Interest                      expense                              |   |                                    | 3.0    |   |   | 0.5 |   |   | 3.1 |   |   | 0.5 |   |
| Other                      income, net                             |   |                                    | 10.5   |   |   | 1.6 |   |   | 1.9 |   |   | 0.3 |   |
| Earnings                      before income tax expense            |   |                                    | 44.9   |   |   | 6.8 |   |   | 37.3 |   |   | 5.8 |   |
| Income                      tax expense                            |   |                                    | 14.7   |   |   | 2.2 |   |   | 12.5 |   |   | 1.9 |   |
| Net                      earnings                                  |   | $                                       | 30.2   |   |   | 4.6 | % | $ | 24.8 |   |   | 3.9 | % |
|  Net                      earnings per common share - diluted |   | $                                       | 0.61   |   |   | - |   | $ | 0.46 |   |   | - |   |
|                                                               |   |                                    |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |

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**FINANCIAL            CONDITION**

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| Revolving                      credit facility (unsecured) |   | $      | 300.0 |   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| Other                                                      |   |   | 1.6   |   |
|                                                       |   | $      | 301.6 |   |

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|   | (a) | The                      Company's chief executive officer and chief financial officer                      have                      concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective                      based                      on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of                      the end of the                      period covered by this report. Notwithstanding the foregoing,                      there can be                      no assurance that our disclosure controls and procedures will                      detect or                      uncover all failures of persons within the Company and its                      consolidated                      subsidiaries to disclose material information otherwise required                      to be set                      forth in the Company’s report. |
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|   | (b) | No                      change in our internal control over financial reporting has                      occurred                      during the Company's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially                      affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the                      Company's                      internal control over financial                      reporting. |
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**ISSUER            PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES**

|                                          |   |                           |      |                           |   | Total                      Number     |   |                                    |      |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------|--------|---------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------|-----------|
|                                          |   |                           |      |                           |   | of                      Shares        |   | Approximate                      Dollar |      |
|                                          |   |                           |      |                           |   | Purchased                      as     |   | Value                      of Shares    |      |
|                                          |   | Total                          |      | Average                        |   | Part                      of Publicly |   | that                      May Yet       |      |
|                                          |   | Number                         |      | Price                          |   | Announced                             |   | Be                      Purchased       |      |
|                                          |   | Of                      Shares |      | Paid                           |   | Plans                                 |   | Under                      the Plans    |      |
| Period                                        |   | Purchased                      |      | per                      Share |   | or                      Programs      |   | or                      Programs        |      |
|                                          |   |                           |      |                           |   |                                  |   |                                    |      |
| January                      1 - January 31   |   |                           | -         |                           |   | -                                     |   |                                    | -         |   | $ | 97,258,190 |   |
|                                          |   |                           |      |                           |   |                                  |   |                                    |      |   |   |   |   |
| February                      1 - February 28 |   |                           | 404,980   |                           | $      | 24.39                                 |   |                                    | 404,980   |   | $ | 87,379,814 |   |
|                                          |   |                           |      |                           |   |                                  |   |                                    |      |   |   |   |   |
| March                      1 - March 31       |   |                           | 617,493   |                           |   | 24.49                                 |   |                                    | 617,493   |   | $ | 72,258,170 |   |
|                                          |   |                           |      |                           |   |                                  |   |                                    |      |   |   |   |   |
| Total                                         |   |                           | 1,022,473 |                           | $      | 24.45                                 |   |                                    | 1,022,473 |   |   |   |   |

|   | 31     |   | Certifications                      of W. G. Holliman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and                      Denise L.                      Ramos, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Pursuant to                      Rule                      13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of                      the                      Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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|   |   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|   | 32     |   | Certifications                      of W. G. Holliman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and                      Denise L.                      Ramos, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Pursuant to                      18 U.S.C.                      Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley                      Act                      of 2002.   |
|   |   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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|   | Furniture                      Brands International, Inc.          |
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|   | (Registrant)                                                       |
|   |                                                               |
|   |                                                               |
|   |                                                               |
|   | By                      /s/                      Steven W. Alstadt |
|   | Steven                      W. Alstadt                             |
|   | Controller                      and                                |
|   | Chief                      Accounting Officer                      |

| Exhibit                      No. |   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
|----------------------------------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                             |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 31                               |   | Certifications                      of W. G. Holliman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and                      Denise L.                      Ramos, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Pursuant to                      Rule                      13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of                      the                      Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
|                             |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32                               |   | Certifications                      of W. G. Holliman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and                      Denise L.                      Ramos, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Pursuant to                      18 U.S.C.                      Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley                      Act                      of 2002.   |