We sorced our housefull of furniture at Southern Lifestyles and chose exactly what we wanted. Then we went to a local furniture mega store in Okla. to actually see it up close. The salesman, of course, wanted the chance to quote, and he beat Southern Lifestyles by 25% - completely delivered to Fla. We gave Southern Lifestyles the quote and the chance to meet it before we orderd. We would have preferred to have Southern Lifestyles as the vendor since they are local in TV. But, they said they would only match a Fla. bid. It took more time, but worked out well for us. Also, there are services available to house sit if you are going to be away for an extended period of time. The service offered by Property Management (Empty Nest program) is good, but expensive. There are at least a couple of other local house sitting services that are much less expensive. Here is one -> http://affordablehomewatch.com/, although I cannot vouch for them, since I have not used them.