Your input, please. **UPDATED**
October 8, 2008 | Home Improvement
When it comes to decorating, I usually know exactly what I like. No outside opinions are necessary. But I just bought a rug, and for the life of me, I can’t decide if I like it. The colors are perfect, but I had thought that I wanted a solid color rug, because of my NEW CHAIR!
Here it is! I LOVE it.
You know how everyone gets one of those super expensive glider chairs when they get pregnant? They’re usually beige, and pretty boring looking? Well, I decided that if I was going to buy a piece of furniture, I wanted it to be something I liked. This one is a recliner and I got to pick out the fabric and have pillows made for the couches and everything. If I feel the need to rock, we have an old wooden rocking chair in the baby’s room.
So, due to the loudness of my chair, I thought I wanted a solid color rug, but these are much harder to find than you would think. (If I decide that is what I want, I’m going to have to go to a carpet store, probably, and have it made) Then, the other day I found this one. It has a pattern, but the colors all go with what we’ve got going on. I just don’t know if I like it. Is it too much with the chair? Would my awesome chair be more prominent with a plain rug? Or would plain make the room boring? Or cold looking? Please weigh in.
(I know that clock on the right should come down a scoshe. I’ve already moved it twice and I’m making lots of pretty holes in the wall, as it takes two nails.)
**********UPDATE*********
I took it back. No offense to anyone who said they liked it, because so did I! I just decided I didn’t LOVE it, and even though I got a good deal, bigass rugs are expensive, and I decided I needed to love it. And so, the never-ending rug search continues.
I think that those that said that the chair should be the focus are right, and that’s what I had in mind all along. I’ll keep looking for something plain. You may think that this is easy but it’s not! Rugs often look modern, and in our Craftsman house, they just won’t work. Or they’re too scratchy, and that big open rug space is specifially for a crawling baby. (So no, there won’t be a table, as some suggested.) Or they cost a MILIION dollars, which is not an option.
Poor, rugless, living room…
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October 8th, 2008 at 12:55 pm, sparkle Says:
i love it with the chair. i say keep it.
October 8th, 2008 at 12:59 pm, serror Says:
I love the rug! And I love it with the chair too! I think it works in the room as a whole. Cute!
October 8th, 2008 at 1:20 pm, Brooke Says:
I’m totally with you. I just don’t know. I love the chair, and I love the rug. I think that a plain rug would make the room look a bit boring. I think what you need is a rug that has fewer colors. The current rug would be ideal if it had the same pattern, but all of the flowers (?) were the same caller.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:22 pm, Brooke Says:
I would add though that if it were between the current rug and a plain colored rug, I would stick with the current rug.
October 8th, 2008 at 1:38 pm, Noreen Says:
I think I love it all!
October 8th, 2008 at 3:13 pm, beth c Says:
Hmmm…I’m torn too. Is there a coffee table that is going on the rug? I feel like maybe a solid coffee table breaking up the rug would make it a little less bold and therefore perfect with the chair. I really like both the chair and the rug but they do seem to compete a little. What color would you want if you had a solid rug?
October 8th, 2008 at 4:33 pm, jesse Says:
I like them both but not together. Solid color rug, please. It won’t make the room look boring. Promise.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:02 pm, hliv Says:
I love it as is. The room is totally trippy. It looks so different than the last time I saw it. I think if you went with a plain rug, it would seem too plain, and make it look empty and less cosy you know. Where is all your stuff? Ohh, down stairs. Do you have pics of that space too.
P.S. I totally support the recliner for cuddling/nursing with baby. That is where I spent most of my time in Anika’s first months. Saskia’s first months I was homeless and chairless. I was lucky to find a peice of floor in a mall to nurse her.
October 8th, 2008 at 9:03 pm, shelikestotravel Says:
I love the rug… and I love it with your chair. I guess for me the question is this… what kind of look do you want for this room.
To me, as it is now, the look is really comfortable and casual. That’s a look that I really respond to. And if that’s the look you want, then you have it. If you want a more formal look, then I would suggest another look.
So, all in all, I’m not sure I helped… but maybe it gives you something to think about.
October 8th, 2008 at 10:53 pm, Rona Says:
Although it is against my nature to disagree with Beth C on anything design related, I think I like it! It’s bold, it’s edgy, it’s cool. Although if you want a solid color rug, I know Pottery Barn has got several. I can bring you the catalog if you’d like.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:22 pm, dahli Says:
Your living room looks great!!
I was torn too, but then took some time away from the photo. Now I have come back & I think I like it together. Don’t take the rug back or replace with a solid – the two patterns do compete a little, but not in a distracting sort of way, in a way that keeps the room intriguing.
If you are worried about the competition between the patterns, I would do as suggested above & see if a coffee table breaks it up for you. But I really don’t think that’s necessary.
xo
October 9th, 2008 at 8:24 am, jamie Says:
Really ties the room together…
October 9th, 2008 at 12:00 pm, janaya Says:
i say, thumbs up!
October 9th, 2008 at 1:49 pm, rachel Says:
I’ll echo Rona’s suggestion of Pottery Barn. The Henley Rug in particular, in Redwood if the shades match. I shared in your “where can I find a non-oriental rug to go in my Craftsman house” woes until I found this one: http://www.potterybarn.com/products/p7112/index.cfm?cm%5Fsrc=rel. It’s not on sale, but it’s super soft and handles wear and tear beautifully.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:19 pm, Jenny Says:
I just want to know where you got the chair? Super lovely!
October 10th, 2008 at 7:42 am, sizzle Says:
I, too, am having the hardest time finding a rug. WTH? Where are the good rugs that don’t cost so much?! If you find a good place, clue me in, k?
Love that chair!
October 10th, 2008 at 12:05 pm, jamie Says:
Two ideas for rug attempt v2:
Crate and Barrel has some good neutral rugs in materials like sisal and wool. Sisal can be a bit scratchy, but wool rugs are awesome (both soft and good for allergens, etc.), and if I recall they even have one that you can get made to a custom size.
That aside, what recently did for our bedroom was to go to EcoHaus (formerly Environmental Home Center), where we chose a remnant of wool wall-to-wall carpet, which we had cut to our desired dimensions and bound on the edges. It wasn’t super cheap, but definitely affordable for a high quality (and eco-friendly) area rug.
December 1st, 2008 at 2:42 pm, Zesty Enterprise » It really ties the room together. Says:
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