Since the floors have been refinished, we've spent a LOT of time trying to decide what the heck to do for rugs. I've been leaning toward something solid or with a fairly plain print. Nothing too busy. I've been looking everywhere and either the color is wrong, the size is wrong, the pattern is wrong or the price wrong. Throughout this rug-searching mission, I have come to one ultimate realization: rugs are really friggin' expensive.
Area rugs for the living room, dining room and foyer could easily run over $2000. Oh, I could just see it: "Honey, we won't be eating dinner at all this month....but check my new dhurri!" Yeah, not gonna fly.
Desperate and at my wits end, I started flipping through the flor catalog that magically appears in my mailbox every so often. And I have to say, I'm impressed. The prices run the gamut, that's for sure, but several of the patterns I like best are only $9.99 per tile...
this one is called Finer Things and is currently my #1 choice:
this one is called Checkered Past:
and this one is called Twill Ride:
After some quick math, I realized I could get two rugs, both roughly 9' x 9', for about $700.00. This is great a for a lot of reasons, the top two being:
1. I'll end up with a square shaped rug, which would best fit the room, rather than settle for a standard rectangular rug.
2. The flor tiles give us the ability to replace any stained or damaged tiles, which, with two little boys in the house, is priceless.
So, it looks like we might be going with flor for the dining room and living room (not sure about the foyer yet).
All in all I think we're off to a good start.
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