EXHIBIT 23B CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS Board of Directors Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated Bassett, Virginia We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Nos. 33-52405, 33-52407, 333-60327 and 333-43188) on Form S-8 of Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated and subsidiaries of our report dated November 30, 2001, relating to the balance sheets of International Home Furnishings Center, Inc. as of October 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related statements of income, stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended October 31, 2001, which report is incorporated by reference in the November 24, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K/A of Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated and subsidiaries. /s/ DIXON ODOM PLLC High Point, North Carolina April 25, 2002