I love our wood floors, but the carpet-remnant shag rug from Home Depot has seen better days. We don't have any money to replace it, but I love browsing around dreaming of something prettier and more colorful.
The Birdwalk rug from CB2 is a definite contender. Love the color and the abstract pattern.
The Andalusia rug from West Elm is also nice. The pattern is a tad on the ethnic side {I like modern geometrics} but I've been craving a shot of yellow in our house. Anyone have any great sources for modern rugs?
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Your choices are beautiful. Sometimes, Target's Dwell Studio has something or check with Home Goods.
Ok so not to be all "look at me!" but I too wanted a great rug but didn't have the funds so I painted one and I really love it. The grand total was $36. Check it out...I could totally see this being done with a cool graphic design and a pattern drawn on contact paper (or just tape like we did).
http://wearetheraddest.blogspot.com/2010/06/nursery-sneak-peak-rug.html
We just picked up this fella for the nursery: http://www.target.com/Room-Essentials-Bright-Rug-Black/dp/B003T2MCIO It was originally $79.99 but we happened to walk by the clearance aisle and see that they had a couple that had been repackaged for $55. Score!
And we're giving thought to picking this one up for the living room (also on clearance!): http://www.target.com/Room-Essentials-Bright-Vines-Rug/dp/B003T2O4FI
Miggy - Thanks for sharing your tutorial! Adore the finished look - going faded was inspired. I've known about painting rugs but have always wondered about the paint-stiffness factor, so it's nice to hear some information on that. I was thinking the same thing - that Melancholy could perhaps find a great blue rug and paint the white bird tracks on it. They don't take a massive amount of space so maybe they hardness of the paint wouldn't be that noticeable. Or maybe fabric paint would be more pliable? Worth experimenting on a remnant I think.
And Jennifer, cool rug!
Miggy- I remember you making that rug! it's been on my mind, though I want SO MUCH color, I'm thinking of using fabric dye and then painting the pattern on top...
Jennifer- I just saw those rugs at Target! They're awesome, good choice. That's always one bright spot in pregnancy-- the excuse to furnish and decorate a nursery. :)
Mom- I had the same thought about using fabric paint for the bird tracks instead of a stiffer paint. Wish you were here to help me experiment.
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