As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 1994.
                              Registration No. 33-53341

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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                                   _______________

                                       FORM S-8

                            POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                              THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                   _______________

                                 LADD FURNITURE, INC.
                  (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

                    North Carolina                            56-1311320
         (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
         incorporation or organization)                   Identification No.)


            One Plaza Center, Box HP-3
            High Point, North Carolina                      27261-1500
      (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)



                                LADD FURNITURE, INC.
                           1994 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                              (Full title of the plan)


                                 William S. Creekmuir
                      Senior Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
                             and Chief Financial Officer
                                 LADD Furniture, Inc.
                              One Plaza Center, Box HP-3
                        High Point, North Carolina  27261-1500
                                    (910) 889-0333
              (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)


                                       Copies to
                               Robert E. Esleeck, Esq.
                               Petree Stockton, L.L.P.
                               1001 West Fourth Street
                         Winston-Salem, North Carolina  27101



                                       PART II

                  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


          Item 3 of Form S-8 is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

          Item 3.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

               The following  documents filed by LADD  Furniture, Inc. (the
          "Company")  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  are
          incorporated in  this Registration  Statement by reference:   (i)
          the Annual Report of  the Company filed on Form 10-K  pursuant to
          Section 13  or 15(d) of the  Securities Exchange Act  of 1934 for
          the year  ended January 1, 1994, containing  audited consolidated
          financial  statements for  the fiscal  year of  the  Company then
          ended; (ii) the Current Report  of the Company filed on  Form 8-K
          pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
          1934  dated  January 31, 1994  and  filed  on February 15,  1994;
          (iii) the Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report of the Company as
          filed under cover of Form 8-K/A-1 pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
          of the Securities Exchange  Act of 1934 filed on  April 12, 1994;
          and  (iv) the description  of  the common  stock  of the  Company
          contained in the  Registration Statement of the Company  filed on
          Form 8-A pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
          1934, including any  amendments or reports which  have been filed
          for the purpose of  updating such description.  In  addition, all
          documents  filed  subsequent  to   the  initial  filing  of  this
          Registration Statement under cover  of Form S-8 on April 29, 1994
          by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
          the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, prior to the filing of a
          post-effective  amendment  which  indicates that  all  securities
          offered have been  sold or which deregisters all  securities then
          remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
          in the initial filing of  this Registration Statement filed under
          cover of Form S-8 and in this Registration  Statement filed under
          cover of Post-Effective Amendment  No. 1 to Form S-8 and to  be a
          part  thereof  and  hereof  from  the  date  of  filing  of  such
          documents.


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          Item 8.  Exhibits

               The following exhibit, listed  in accordance with the number
          assigned  to  each   in  the   exhibit  table   of  Item 601   of
          Regulation S-K,  is  included  in  Part II of  this  Registration
          Statement.  Exhibit numbers omitted are not applicable.

                           Exhibit No.                Exhibit

                                25               Power of Attorney




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                                      SIGNATURES

               Pursuant to the requirements of  the Securities Act of 1933,
          the  Registrant  certifies  that  it has  reasonable  grounds  to
          believe that it meets all of the requirements  for filing on Form
          S-8  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
          on  its behalf by the  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
          the  City of  High Point,  State of  North Carolina,  on  May  18,
          1995.

                                        LADD FURNITURE, INC.

                                        By  s/William S. Creekmuir         
                                              William S. Creekmuir, Senior
                                              Vice President, Secretary, 
                                              Treasurer and Chief Financial
                                              Officer