Furniturefromhome.com has a wide selection in a few categories, and more of the contemporary styles that I like than some of the other online furniture stores I've looked at. I like the platform beds these guys have, and the microfiber contemporary living room sets. They also have LOTS of leather furniture (which I always think looks a little smarmy, but BOY is it comfortable), and a really neat metal bar stool. When I have my slightly bigger house with built-in wet bar, I'm gonna get me some cool bar stools. Leather, of course.

They also offer a print catalog, and FREE SHIPPING which is a really big deal when ordering something like furniture. Most of the time when you order furniture online it costs an extra $100 just for the shipping. And almost everything is delivered via white-glove service and assembled by the delivery people. Although we've had tons of fun with our flat-pack furniture a-la Ikea (yes, I'm being sarcastic), this sounds great.

Although I had to hunt for the advanced search option on the website, it works very well, instantly sorting which images you are shown based on which styles, colors, or rooms you check off. You do have to go through clicking the thumbnail, and then clicking again from that individual item's page to get a larger image, and when I used it the zoom feature was a little clunky. But, the larger images are a nice size and you can really see the furniture details. The detail page gives individual prices for each piece of a set, so that is really nice to have that info right there without having to hunt for it as well.

More and more I'm thinking that I will try buying online next time I buy "real" furniture. We are still trying to be economical with our cars, meaning that we don't have an SUV to haul furniture from Chicago, and shipping prices are outrageous. Our local furniture store has a big selection, but also big prices. Having just had a wonderful experience buying the Bug's "big girl bed" online (although via ebay), I am definitely willing to make big purchases online again in the future.