As I've mentioned, I've done a lot of furniture shopping in the last few months, ever since we lost most of the contents of our home in Hurricane Ike. One of the places that we visited was Ashley Furniture, which has recently merged with one of Houston's local furniture stores and developed quite a presence in the local market. Frankly, I've been impressed with what we have seen there, especially some of the bedroom furniture. Not only is it attractive and well-made, but it is also quite reasonably priced. We still have one more room to furnish, so I expect to be back in their showroom before too long, looking for furniture for the guest room/office.