The Rug!

Here's the new rug:

I have mixed feelings about it, but have decided to keep it. 

To assauge myself, I'll make some minor changes to the room; I'm going to stencil some dark brown (leaves?) on that tall skinny white lamp in the corner to try to draw the brown up and into the corner. 

I'll swap out some pillow covers with ones that have more chocolate brown in them. 

And I still plan to swap out that round table.  I've been wanting to switch it, because I feel like it's a little too large, but now the color is wrong too.  I could paint this one -- but gosh, I just spent several hours refinishing it and I can re-purpose it for outdoors -- so I don't want to apply paint. 

And then I think moving the rug to be further under the couch will be good too.  It's a little bit too far out into the room. 

Despite my hang ups about rugs (that's a whole other post... already the hair product post got WAY too long) it does feel really nice under my feet.  What do you think?

Eden Prairie, Dallas

I finished painting the living room nearly two weeks ago, but neglected to post photos...

Doggie figured out photos were being taken and immediately posed...

And then I've ordered this rug, but darn it all, it's on back order!  The color is called coffee, and it's an 8' round, jute rug.  Chemical free! Isn't it gorgeous?

I struggled with the idea of a rug... I knew the room needed one, but I can hardly stand knowing how rugs harbor dirt and dust.  I've had a 3' x 5' rug in there, and although I could easily take it outside and shake it, it just wasn't large enough to anchor the room.  Honestly, I looked at indoor/outdoor rugs that I could hose off without damaging them, but the ones I found all seemed too plastic-y.  Ick.  Ultimately I settled on jute.  I've had jute before and have been very pleased with it.  So, we'll see how I do with this one.  I think it will look great under my circular sectional, and the color should pull from the adjacent dining room.