rug saga: Part II

It seems that our rug ideas for the living room are a tad controversial. LOVE the comments and emails guys! For the most part, those of you who disagree are all sneaking around trying not to offend, which is really sweet - but seriously, blast away if our opinions differ. They're just rugs, people.

I think I should have given a few reasons for the particular choices we picked from Flor. You may have noticed that our dog Arlo is a big dog. A big white dog. A big white dog with LOTS of fur that falls off of him in handfuls. So we need a light-coloured carpet to hide the layer of white fluff that is a constant reminder of his presence.

When we were staying with my parents before we bought this house, they had a VERY red rug in their living room. Arlo would walk casually across the room, and suddenly the carpet looked, well, unkempt. I may be relatively immune to animal mess at this point in my life, but my family is not. They own a neat little Valley Bulldog with a neat little short coat of fur, and the animal vs. cleanliness balance was well in check before we showed up. Suddenly my messy Shepherd/mutt comes to stay and is wrecking up the place practically just by standing there. Alas. I had to vacuum that red rug constantly but it reinforced a valuable lesson. That lesson is: our carpets must camouflage white fur.

The next consideration is price - the living room is a big room to cover, so we picked moderately priced ones.

Next consideration: soft on feet. Check.


Final consideration: Not busy. Living rooms tend to be busy rooms to begin with, so we wanted something to calm the room down instead of jarring it. I DO get a kick out of the crazy, busy "Souk" carpet (pictured), but... it wouldn't work. (The above picture and the next one were lifted from the Flor website.)


Mark is actually toying with the idea of getting the "Stitch in Time" rug (pictured) for his office. We got a sample of that too and it's SOOO SOFT. It's very busy, but there's not much furniture in his office and it's a small room with lots of natural light, so I think that rug will look cool in there.

Thus begins the saga of the carpets. Like I said, we probably won't order them until January - we already accidentally ordered the bed and it's more important to have that anyway. First the bed, then the carpets. Also, with travelling and holidays and snowstorms and stuff life is going to be just a wee bit hectic this month.

Oh, and I almost forgot. By request, here is a picture of our door-floor-thingy. These are found at every door, and I guess this is the way they made them in the "olden days" when this house was young. They're bigger than those new-fangled modern ones - this one is an inch higher than the surrounding floor - but the Roomba can still make it over them so no big deal.