Good idea, right?
Easy peasy, right?
Ha.
Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaa!
*chokes and sputters*
Yeah. Some factors complicating that. 1) Indecision on whether to paint the cabinets or not, so our design is currently paralyzed. 2) Mike and I often differ on our style preferences. We also see color differently. 3) It was agony choosing a front door rug for our first house and we settled on something, because we were listing and needed something there.
That red rug is currently hanging out under our kitchen table, covering the bare spots on the hardwood. While it looks okay there, it's not quite the right size, and we're not sold on doing red in the kitchen, even if we had red and copper in the last house to rev up all the beige.
So, I grabbed a bunch of rugs while curtain shopping. The bamboo and sisal ones were immediately eliminated, because they blended too much with the floor and cabinets. COLOR. NEED. NOW.
We started with some woven green and whites that we liked, but wound up returning because they were way too small. Sorry, I forgot to snap photos, but they were contemporary. Not chevron, but definitely those geometric patterns you see everywhere right now. Sometimes you have to follow the crowd until you figure out what's right for you. Sans Interior Design Expert Emily.
(Don't trust her, guys. She's a total amateur.)
So, then I grabbed some cheapo 3x5s from Garden Ridge in a traditional pattern, because why not? We can test color and style at the same time.
We actually liked the look and pattern, but the quality was so cheap, and we do think traditional does date the space. But green seemed like a possible route to go, and the 3x5 size seemed to work.
Next up, BLUUUUUE! I love me blue, but we are also trying to make sure our whole house isn't blue. And the first floor does feel like a warm space. The blue also went really well with these curtains I later found.
But we weren't sold. Partially because of the cheap lack of quality ($25 3x5s, we can't expect any better). Then I found this rug at Bed Bath and Beyond that we really loved, but it was way too small for the space.
It was soft, nice quality, and seemed to be a transitional pattern. But too small. I combed the web, and can't seem to find it in anything remotely close to a 3x5. Sigh.
So, off we went to the Rug Shop today, prepared to spend some money and bring some rugs home to try out.
I'll be honest. I am now sipping a whisky spritzer because of this journey. We went in open to blues and grays and in the transitional realm, and of course, it was a given we'd have to pay more for quality. But we hadn't fallen in love with anything online enough to risk losing all those shipping costs if the colors and quality were not as advertised.
Bleh.
The stuff we did like was very traditional and way over our budget. The stuff we liked in our budget were at final markdown ... and no returns allowed. The sales lady also tended to confuse us by saying "oh, none of those rugs will work for you" in a section we started looking at, would direct us elsewhere, and then later she'd take us back there. It was just a frustrating process. She also kept steering us toward browns and beiges after we repeatedly said we have an 80s kitchen with those colors and we are trying to steer it away from that. I think here in the Land of Beige, they just expect customers to want that, so that's what they stock.
We left frustrated (and my engine light on) and even farther away from figuring out what we want. I think at this point I might see what we can order via Amazon Prime, since we get free return shipping. And we'll keep our eyes peeled.
I was hoping a rug or fun curtains would give us some direction, but alas, we are going in circles.
What's your rug adventure?
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