I have been searching for the perfect living room rug for some time now. Our original goal was to use a remnant that we had been given for free and have the edges bound. We didn't want to carpet the whole room as we have hardwood and love it, but I also love to be able to sit on the living room floor and watch a movie, play a game, etc.The remnant idea would have worked but we don't have a large truck to haul the thing to the carpet place and back and we just never got around to doing it. So I had been looking around at every store that sells carpets. I loved the shag at Pottery Barn, but it was just so expensive. I started saving anyway as that ended up seeming like it was the best rug for our money.
Then we walked into Home Depot. I forget how much I love this store. They had a shag in the color and texture that we wanted for less than a quarter of the PB one! Plus they would have it delivered for free! I ordered it straight-away and then also proceeded to order a skooshy rug pad from PB.
Amazingly they were both delivered on the same day! I arrived home from yesterday to find that not only had they both been delivered, but the delivery guys had apparently laid both pieces down and arranged our furniture over them!
Ok, so you all really need to get a cleaning lady that lives with you. She is amazing. She laid out our carpet for us and apparently yesterday was cleaning day, so the rest of the house was sparkling also! She even cleaned all of my votive holders and hurricane candle holders and put in new candles!! I wish I could keep her forever. Sigh. I will have to go back to cleaning on my own soon enough.
One of our cats is so insane over the rug. She seems to think it is an object to be chased and pounced upon. I tried to get a short video of it with my camera, but of course she wouldn't cooperate.
I sat on the floor all evening. Ate my dinner at the coffee table, watched tv while on the floor...It was wonderful. The rug we had before was thin and blue with a random flower border that really clashed with everything we had, but I kept it just to keep the floor somewhat protected. The new one is so perfect and just adds the right amount of homey-ness to the living room. I finally feel like that room is finished and I think it's the first one we started decorating!
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Wow. Your cat and my cat could be twins, except my cat has a little black moustache and beard and is a bit older (he just turned a year old a couple of weeks ago) . You can see him here: http://photos1.blogger.com/
blogger/7585/1185/320/rory25.0.jpg.
Beautiful plants, thanks for being a daily contributor to my recent spring break endeavor. And good gracious, why does your name on my computer screen always seem to be united with some image of a cat?
OOOOooooo I like it!!! It adds a whole different character to your room!!
ooh - i like that rug! looks good and inviting! i was laughing out loud picturing your cat going crazy - i love the look on her face in that picture - sort of like "what? i mean what? why are you looking at me like that?"
too cute.
what e-mail adress are you at today?? i sent you an e-mail this morning and i got the 'out-of-office reply'
Kiki--Clara is actually almost 6 now. Sniff...they grow up so fast.
Luke--I was a cat in a former life. Or I will be a cat in my next life. One or the other. Not sure which.
Heather--I'm at church hanging w/ your hubby today. And it is so cozy on my rug...I love it. And she totally does have that look on her face!!
Isn't it funny how something so little can make such a big difference in how you feel?
It looks great!
Home improvement stores are the greatest. My husband and I end up there on a lot of dates. yeah, kinda wierd, but dreaming is free.
We also planted some seeds this weekend. started indoor luckily because the next day we got 3-4 inches of snow. hopefully that is the end of that nonsense.
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