Rug Mania

I've been obsessed with rugs lately and have let it completely consume my life. It's all I can think about; I am on a mission to replace the rug in our living room. We really like the rug we have, but it's made of jute and sheds like you wouldn't believe! It's like we have a dog! Here's the rug we have now:

The color is great...not too light, not too dark. It also seems that anything of a different material is "dressier" and I'm not sure I like that. I like the casual atmosphere we've created. This is the rug I first liked and found out last night that the color is too light. It's more of a cream color in person and doesn't have enough contrast with our light tile color. Plus, the pretty brown and red tones clash with our grayish/khaki furniture. El dang!

Which led me to this rug. It's gorgeous! The dark brown is a chocolate brown and the lighter brown is like a creamy coffee color. It would definitely make our living room darker and look smaller, but it's so pretty that I just don't care. Unfortunately, though, it doesn't come in a big enough size. If only I'd checked before falling in love with it! I may get a smaller one for the front door just so I can have it somewhere.

I have two more in mind to check-out in person. I like the one with designs better, I think. I'm afraid that the borders on the other one will somehow add extra lines to the living room and make things look "off." I'm already dealing with weird angles and such (wow, I really sound like I know what I'm doing, huh?...too bad I don't!). The one with the designs comes in all the sizes I would like and I'm not sure about the one with the border. I'm sure I checked, but can't remember right now, oh well.


Regardless of what we end-up with, I need it to match our jute rug because we have one in our dining room. We're keeping that one because it doesn't get as much traffic and seems to keep itself together better than the other one. So, after all is done, I would like a new living room rug, a runner in the hallway, a rug for the entryway, and probably a new rug in front of the sink. We'll see if it all gets done before Bryan realizes what I'm doing and cuts me off!