Regarding furniture: you can look at photos (and even 3-D images) of homes in the Villages via their own sales website, and the various realty websites. It'll give you an idea of the kinds of furnishings that you -could- get for your new home, and possible layouts of the furnishings. All the furniture you see can be bought from any of the local stores, though City Furniture has a bad reputation for delays and non-deliveries, and overpricing. One important thing: make sure your TV isn't facing a window on the opposite wall unless you have shade trees blocking the sunlight through that window. You'll have to either watch TV only at night, or keep the shades/curtains drawn all day, just to avoid the glare. Glare here is pretty horrible.
Most of my furniture came from my house up north because I don't care about "fashion trends" for interiors. I care about comfort, both physical and emotional. We like solid wood, we like antiques, so that's mostly what we have. We also brought our his & hers La-Z-Boys, because we'll be dead from old age before they break. We're in our early 60's and the chairs are 30 years old already.
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