furnish a NEW house from Start to Finish - tips WANTED!

[Nancy Bachety]

This is an area where I am in need of feedback and advice. Thanks to@John Underwood I've gotten good tips from  for the wifi thermostat and camera.

I see on some listings with leather and some with microfiber. I see blinds, shades curtains, drapes, bare just toppers. I see too much "stuff" and "sparse". My house is brand new and has dark hard wood floors, white cabinetry, quartz counter tops, stainless steel, and pale grey paint throughout so I have no remodeling to do, "just" to furnish it.

Can anyone talk about furnishing a new house to be used a vacation home (most of the time, for now). As in, if you had to start all over again, how would you approach it???

Thanks.