Hi L.,
I would check out Haverty's. We bought a lot of furniture from them last year when we moved to a new home. I think it's good value for money. We live in Plano, I know the two stores in North Dallas, one is at the intersection of 75 and Plano Parkway, the other one is near the Stonebriar Mall in Frisco. I like the first store better, they have wonderful sales people over there, all sales people I met have years of experience in the furniture industry, with good technical knowledge. (Our experience with Ethan Allen has been a disaster, their sales people are cute and nice, but their knowledge of technical details, logistics and financing issues is very limited compared to the Haverty's staff).
We actually got a brown leather sofa set from Haverty's last year. There are advantages and disadvantages of leather. The advantage is that you can wipe food spills etc. which is great if you have three little ones running around. However, we did not find our leather sofas as comfortable as the large and soft fabric sofas we had before. You slip on them, and they make you sweat in the summer.
Welcome to Texas and good luck with everything.
I moved to Texas 2 years ago, I think it's a great state for families.
E. / 30-year old mom of a 6-month old.