Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The Family Room Rug Saga

Rug 1 - The rug we moved in with, too worn-looking and scratchy.

Rug 2 - Perfectly matched our color scheme, but was too small and too expensive in a larger size.

Rug 3 - Matched our color scheme, but was way too large, making it look like our entire family room was carpeted.

Rug 4 - Looked completely different from the picture in both the catalog and online, so much so that the company agreed to refund us 100% plus return shipping costs.

Rug 5 - Pictured in the first set of images below. Although it was more "dusky rose" than it was "rusty orange," it does look good in the room and brings out some of the orange tones in the lighting. Still, the colors are a little more washed-out than what I had originally envisioned for the room, so I have reservations about this rug even though it's steadily growing on me.








Rug 6 - The next set of pictures and my last ditch effort to get the color combination in the room "just right". I love this rug, but does it make the room too dark? Even though it includes every single color in the room, I just don't know which one to choose!







Jasun is equally indecisive, so HELP!!! The Legos need some assistance! Give us some suggestions, and select your choice in the poll!!!!

5 comments:

Michael said...

I vote for the second one. The colors are better and look nicer with the red trim. The first rug looks to muted and drab...


So HA! That is the opinion from Alaska!

Danielle said...

I agree with Michael. I like the second one a lot better.

Unknown said...

I'm also a fan of the richer colors in the second one. I think they work better with the strong angles of the sconces, e.g.

Sara and Jasun said...

Thanks for all of your help, guys! We picked the second one too, even before the poll results were in. I think I can finally consider the family room "finished" for a little while...at least until I start obsessing about something else in there that I'd like to change.

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