Segment Information, Information by Segment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 26, 2014	Apr. 27, 2013	Apr. 28, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 1,357,318	$ 1,273,877	$ 1,166,705
Operating Income (Loss)	89,296	67,603	48,697
Depreciation and Amortization	23,035	22,963	23,309
Capital expenditures	33,730	25,384	15,518
Assets	771,295	720,371	685,739
Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Location	154,343	141,376	123,324
Percentage of sales (in hundredths)	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
United States/Domestic [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Location	147,538	133,208	114,979
Percentage of sales (in hundredths)	86.00%	86.00%	86.00%
International [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Location	6,805	8,168	8,345
Canada [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of sales (in hundredths)	8.00%	9.00%	9.00%
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of sales (in hundredths)	6.00%	5.00%	5.00%
Upholstery Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	959,118	902,454	834,468
Casegoods Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	97,095	104,387	105,551
Operating Segment [Member] | Upholstery Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	1,099,050	1,029,765	938,060
Operating Income (Loss)	117,688	95,571	81,015
Depreciation and Amortization	13,778	14,275	12,519
Capital expenditures	6,579	9,857	7,261
Assets	305,814	296,108	303,537
Percentage of sales (in hundredths)	3.00%
Operating Segment [Member] | Casegoods Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	106,752	112,527	111,657
Operating Income (Loss)	3,397	3,703	5,396
Depreciation and Amortization	1,171	1,338	1,575
Capital expenditures	149	1,058	897
Assets	53,299	70,147	73,888
Percentage of sales (in hundredths)	5.00%
Operating Segment [Member] | Retail Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	298,642	264,723	215,490
Operating Income (Loss)	11,128	4,099	(7,819)
Depreciation and Amortization	2,520	2,676	2,832
Capital expenditures	4,379	4,251	1,848
Assets	119,816	73,496	49,818
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	(149,589)	(135,451)	(109,698)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] | Upholstery Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	139,932	127,311	103,592
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] | Casegoods Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	9,657	8,140	6,106
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	2,463	2,313	2,356
Operating Income (Loss)	(38,078)	(33,139)	(30,573)
Depreciation and Amortization	5,566	4,674	6,234
Capital expenditures	22,623	10,218	4,969
VIEs, Net of Intercompany Sales Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	0	0	8,840
Operating Income (Loss)	0	0	959
Depreciation and Amortization	0	0	149
Capital expenditures	0	0	543
Unallocated Assets [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Assets	292,366	280,620	258,496
Restructuring [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Income (Loss)	$ (4,839)	$ (2,631)	$ (281)