Its not wise to ship furnitures unless you are planning to stay here long term..you can get good furnished apartments or villa for reasonable rent....btw HMC normally provide furnished accomodation to its staff...

Good resedential areas near HMC are Al saad, Bin Mohammud..around Ramada jn etc..

you can get everything here...dont bring any winter clothes...winter is mild here..and its over..just bring your other clothes, books, toys etc..and if any personal items which you cant find here...like cosmetics or toileteries..

you can find a list of schools and Nursery from this link..

http://www.qatarliving.com/discussion/schools-in-doha-and-fee-structure-...