I don't know about Havertys but Ethan Allen makes most of their furniture in China and their quality has slipped.

If you google them, you will see what I mean.

My parents live about 2 hours from Atlanta and have found the Riverside brand in several furniture stores around the area. They really like the brand and feel it is high quality.

Here is a link that might be useful: Riverside Furniture

There are several Thomasville stores in the Atlanta area. I like their furniture a lot. You can put in your zip code here and see where they are. I also like Henredon a lot. Their store locator is here
http://www.henredon.com/storelocator2.aspx

Here is a link that might be useful: Thomasville locator

I own several pieces of Ethan Allen furniture. It is true that some of their furniture is now made in China, but they clearly identify those pieces in their catalog -- it is generally their chinnoissiere (sp) style of painted furniture that comes from China.

We have been very pleased with the quality of our upholstered pieces. We have a sectional sofa with a sleeper air mattress bed that is just super sturdy and really nice. We also have a little tufted reading chair and two small upholstered benches, all of which I have been very pleased with the quality and construction.

The finish on the wood pieces is a tad disappointing, as it does not seem to penetrate the wood, so that any little ding shows bare wood. HTH.

DH refinishes & repairs furniture for a living. He's repeatedly told me how often they have EA stuff brought in to them. Mostly DR chairs. He's told me that they get at least 1 EA piece a month to repair.

He examined Restoration Hardware pieces a few yrs. ago in the store & was impressed w/ the quality of the bedside tables.

There's a ton of information about the quality of manufacturers in the furniture forum. It was a big help to me when I bought my bedroom furniture which is manufactured by Durham. High quality manufacturers would be like Henkel Harris which is extremely expensive.

Here's a post from the furniture forum.

Here is a link that might be useful: Furniture Forum

I live in Atlanta and there are lots of choices for local furniture shopping. All of the most well known have been mentioned, but what really matters most is what particular pieces you need, what style you prefer, your price range and whether you're looking for complete sets of furniture like bedrooms and dining rooms. There is a company called Norwalk that will help you design a custom sofa, chairs and such from their many frame styles and fabric selections. You'll find them online too. If you have a lot of decorating to do and a budget that's healthy you can "hire" a decorator for the day who will take you to ADAC where you'll see showrooms from hundreds of manufacturers and designers and your decorator or designer can place an order for you. To the trade only so a designer or decorator friend could also get you in the doors. Many people swear by the Macy's furniture showroom at Perimeter Mall. Always a sale going on there. Fans of Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware make the trip to Dawsonville, about 50 minutes straight up 400 to the N. Ga. outlet mall where you'll find furniture from both of these stores at outlet prices. (Williams Sonoma too). Rooms to Go and other furniture and mattress manufacturers have spaces on the access road outside the perimeter on I85. There are also fans of the BrandSmart program where I believe you buy a year's membership for a couple of thousand dollars and can then shop their mammoth showrooms and catalogs for big savings, reportedly near manufacturer's cost not retail. No personal experience with this to share though. Ballard's Backroom is located in the well known and popular Howell Mill District, a favorite of decorators and designers. B.B. is the catalog outlet center for Ballards that everyone knows of online and through their catalogs. In this same industrial area you'll find great shopping for upholstery fabric and Forsyth Fabrics also offers a wonderful range of furniture in their showroom that you can order and have covered in your choice of fabric or leather. MUST go to this place if you're in town. Shop this district for great deals on all design and decorating needs. Rugs, Nancy Braithwaite's baby clothing and room furnishings, Gorgeous French and English Antiques, silk traders, the Curtain Exchange, Decorative and garden pieces from Hill Street- you'll find everything here for your home so be prepared to shop all day for days and wear comfortable clothes and shoes! My personal style is classic modern/traditional. Barbara Barry, Baker Archetype Martha Stewart for Bernhardt etc. so my personal favorite store in this neighborhood for furniture, lighting and design inspiration is Bungalow Home. An incredible store in every way. Right on Howell Mill. If you like this style too you'll LOVE Bungalow Home. There are many shopping options open to you so my suggestion would be to get a group of friends together and come in to ATL. for a couple of days to shop the options and share opinions on all the finds you'll come across. Big Fun!

Don't know that would be easy to deliver on your desired location but let you know that "Bergen Furniture & Design" is the best and reliable store to deliver very popular brand "Riverside Furniture" in respective field at just affordable prices in New Jersey.