text: **Operating Segment Information**
  
  In accordance with SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an 
  
  Enterprise and Related Information,” management views the Company 
  
  as being in two operating segments: office furniture and hearth prod- 
  
  ucts, with the former being the principal segment. The office furniture 
  
  segment manufactures and markets a broad line of metal and wood 
  
  commercial and home office furniture, which includes storage prod- 
  
  ucts, desks, credenzas, chairs, tables, bookcases, freestanding office 
  
  partitions and panel systems, and other related products. The hearth 
  
  products segment manufactures and markets a broad line of manufac- 
  
  tured gas-, pellet-, and wood-burning fireplaces and stoves, fireplace 
  
  inserts, gas logs, and chimney systems, principally for the home. 
  
  The Company’s hearth products segment is somewhat sea- 
  
  sonal, with the third (July-September) and fourth (October-December) 
  
  fiscal quarters historically having higher sales than the prior quarters. 
  *$8.5 million, $3.0 million, and $22.5 million for closing of facilities and impairment*
  *charges in 2003, 2002, and 2001, respectively. Included in operating profit for the*