Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 27, 2012	Apr. 27, 2013 OperatingUnit	Apr. 28, 2012	Apr. 30, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of stores	9	9
Sales		$ 1,332,525,000	$ 1,231,676,000	$ 1,187,143,000
Operating Income (Loss)		67,627,000	49,631,000	25,909,000
Depreciation and Amortization		23,140,000	23,486,000	24,302,000
Capital Expenditures		25,912,000	15,663,000	10,540,000
Assets		720,371,000	685,739,000	593,455,000
Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Location		141,376,000	123,324,000	129,863,000
Sales by Country		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
United States/Domestic [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Location		133,208,000	114,979,000	119,445,000
Sales by Country		87.00%	87.00%	87.00%
International [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Location		8,168,000	8,345,000	10,418,000
Canada [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales by Country		8.00%	8.00%	9.00%
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales by Country		5.00%	5.00%	4.00%
Write-down of Long-Lived Assets [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Income (Loss)		0	0	(4,471,000)
Upholstery Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating units		3
Maximum percentage of revenue by customer (in hundredths)		3.00%
Sales to external customers		939,736,000	871,511,000	831,603,000
Intersegment sales		127,311,000	103,592,000	85,264,000
Sales		1,067,047,000	975,103,000	916,867,000
Operating Income (Loss)		96,762,000	81,753,000	72,743,000
Depreciation and Amortization		14,452,000	12,696,000	13,260,000
Capital Expenditures		10,385,000	7,406,000	5,510,000
Assets		296,108,000	303,537,000	305,363,000
Casegoods Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating units		2
Restructuring charges	2,700,000
Maximum percentage of revenue by customer (in hundredths)		1.00%
Sales to external customers		125,753,000	133,479,000	147,539,000
Intersegment sales		8,241,000	6,160,000	4,995,000
Sales		133,994,000	139,639,000	152,534,000
Operating Income (Loss)		2,640,000	5,540,000	6,698,000
Depreciation and Amortization		1,338,000	1,575,000	1,655,000
Capital Expenditures		1,058,000	897,000	689,000
Assets		70,147,000	73,888,000	76,724,000
Retail Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of stores		94
Number of primary markets		9
Sales		264,723,000	215,490,000	176,987,000
Operating Income (Loss)		4,099,000	(7,819,000)	(15,078,000)
Depreciation and Amortization		2,676,000	2,832,000	3,174,000
Capital Expenditures		4,251,000	1,848,000	141,000
Assets		73,496,000	49,818,000	46,773,000
VIEs, Net of Intercompany Sales Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales		0	8,840,000	29,105,000
Operating Income (Loss)		0	959,000	(4,949,000)
Depreciation and Amortization		0	149,000	942,000
Capital Expenditures		0	543,000	395,000
Assets		0	0	5,022,000
Restructuring [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Income (Loss)		(2,715,000)	(281,000)	(487,000)
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales		2,313,000	2,356,000	1,909,000
Operating Income (Loss)		(33,159,000)	(30,521,000)	(28,547,000)
Depreciation and Amortization		4,674,000	6,234,000	5,271,000
Capital Expenditures		10,218,000	4,969,000	3,805,000
Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales		(135,552,000)	(109,752,000)	(90,259,000)
Unallocated Assets [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Assets		$ 280,620,000	$ 258,496,000	$ 159,573,000