Buying Rugs For The House

It feels like the last few months have been The Age Of Rugs. We got this one from a local outlet for our bedroom…

… this one from Urban Outfitters for our kitchen…

… and simply got this one from Joss & Main for our office…

It was in fact kind of hard to find an 100% jute rug that was 6 x 6, so when this guy came up for $89 (down from $150) we at last pulled the trigger. Especially since Pottery Barn sells a nearly identical one for $129 down from $149 and Overstock has something similar for $115.

We had consistently hoped something round to soften all the angles in the room (the built in desk, the chair rail, the criss-cross chairs) and tie into the big round chandelier that we tweaked by spraying it indigo and adding a giant shade…

So we simply measured things out on the floor to see what would work (an 8 x 8 was way too big, and a 5 x 5 was too small). Thankfully we were able to determine that a 6 x 6 would be the right size to make the room feel pleasant and balanced without getting in the way of our chairs (since we have to push them out to get in and out, and any large rectangular rug was consistently getting caught on the legs and annoying the heck out of us).

In the in interest of keeping it real, here is what the office looked like before we cleaned Clara’s toys off the floor and organized the piles of random stuff on top of our desk:

And here is how it all looked once we did a wee bit of cleaning before snapping a proper rug photo:

We enjoy that it is “braided woven” since in our experience of owning a few natural fiber rugs, the braided ones tend to be the softest, so they are less bushy and wire-y. Sure sufficient, when our new rug arrived, it was pleasant and soft, and thankfully it fit perfectly in the office. See, no issue with the chairs being pulled out and our new rug. Wahoo.

So that is the latest rug update that has gone on around here.

Oh, and Burger approves:

Oh, and new rug = a good excuse for a plastic animal parade.

I think that shot captures how it is pleasant and soft. Consistently a plus when it comes to jute (anyone remember that Friends episode where Joey learns French from Phoebe and says “Tout De La Fruit”? – I consistently want to say “Jute De La Fruit”).

Are there any other jute lovers out there? Or round-rug owners? This is our first round rug, and I have to admit, we enjoy it. In a house full of right angles, it certainly feels kind of novel. Haha. So that is my live-on-the-edge-pointer. Be a rebel and try a round rug once in a while.