[Hummintwo]

Hi, Welcome new villager,

My husband and I moved into our new Poinciana Village home in 2006. We gave away, sold and donated every bit of furniture we enjoyed and owned over a forty year period. We discovered early in our marriage, we liked quality instead of fad and of course, credit cards did not exist for us nor would we want to begin or maintain our lives by using plastic. Patience and sacrifice was our way of building and maintaining our home style. I'd say we were pretty average for our generation. It was so much fun to get together with family and friends on a budget and remained our life style for years until moved to the Villages. In the Villages, we were spending money at breakneck speed to purchase furniture, accessories, necessities and entertainment including a new vehicle and reducing our vehicle needs to one automobile.

Sometimes I wish the twenty year olds that we were carried into our first taste of retirement lifestyle. We had to live and learn then and we should have been wiser now if we paused to realize we are not looking for needs to accommodate forty plus of marriage, child rearing, and family/friends entertainment.

Part of the problem of building our home in the Villages was the neverending treks to Alto Monte Springs, Orlando, Ocala, Leesburg, etc. The only suggestion I have is stay within your comfort zone and let the person that is you shine no matter what your home furniture lifestyle maybe. If you have not attended a Villages Art show (talented residents/varied styles, mediums, and prices to meet most any buyers needs) welcome and good luck!