can anyone help me rug shop?

[abseptember17]

I'm trying to find a rug for my mater bedroom and I'm not having much luck.  I wanted something with a design and a little blue in it to pick up the color of the walls.  I found one I loved but it was too small.  The wall color is more blue than it is showing up in the photos.  It's smoke by Ben Moore.  So I need a 7x9ish rug.  Any suggestions?  The current bedding isn't something we're set on using, just what we have right now. Oh and as a side Q... would you paint the trim white? Thanks!

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A couple of thoughts: I agree that it's hard to help without a budget/construction/material list. Also, it's really hard to buy a rug for a paint color instead of the other way around (I've made that mistake).  Are you glued to that paint or could you find a rug you love, then choose paint?  Where are you putting it? If under the bed and you have a queen, I think you need something larger. We have either an 8x8 or 9x9 square, and I think it's too small width-wise under the bed, but the room is tiny, so we were constrained by that. If you're going for something smaller a the end of the bed, I think that size can work. I think I'd want something dark (navy?) because I love dark, rich rugs, espeically with light walls to balance them out. Like maybe



Or




Oh, and no, I absolutely would not paint that woodwork.  I think it looks really nice.  But that's me.

[munkii]

I'll try to find a rug when you respond to the questions above.

Don't paint the trim--those windows are to die for!

[abseptember17]

I'd say my style is more on the contemporary side but not SUPER contemporary. The bed is a king, so really any size rug you think would be good in this space is good with me. The room is either 14 x16 or 14x18 (can't find my measuring tape right now... I think 14x16). We're planning on just having it at the end of the bed b/c we don't want to cover too much of the HW. Budget- I'd like to stay around $500 (less is better). Construction/material... I really don't know anything about this (sorry)... something that gives some softness when you step out of bed would be nice. The paint color will stay. We actually just painted it and love the color. It was supposed to match our previous bedding. We did a test area and it looked great... however, once the whole room was painted, it didn't match AT.ALL.

Thanks!

[munkii]

Let's see if the PB bear eats this again...

These are all different colors since I don't know exactly how your walls read IRL.

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What about somehting with some orange or coral?




I love those colors with blue.  www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Modern-Ogee-Orange-Rug-8-x-10/7917750/product.html

I'll write my rug book here just because I like sharing, and maybe it will help you.

There are natural materials (grasses, wool) and synthetic materials (nylon, polypropylene, acrylic).  You'll get a softer feel out of wool in the long run.  IME, a poly rug can be soft in the beginning, but eventually becomes matted down and loses the plush feel.  If you buy a low quality wool though, it can be scratchy.  Now that I can afford to not buy synthetics, I don't, because they are lower quality and I'm not crazy about their disposable nature or oil-based origins.  But I certainly have owned them in the past out of financial necessity.  If you don't want to get married to a rug, they are fine.  Our worn out poly rugs still sold like hotcakes on CL.

There are also different weaves, with a pile or flat.  If you want soft, you want something with a pile I think.  The grasses will be flat weaves, and you can get kilim wool rugs, which are a flat weave.

As far as constuction with a pile, you can get knotted or tufted wool.  With a knotted rug, each fiber is knotted onto a backing.  On a tufted rug, the fibers are shot into a glue backing with a gun (hand-tufted just means someone was holding the gun).  I'm not sure how they attach the synthetic fibers, but I'm guessing it's also glue.  Tufting is a lower quality construction, but a cheaper way to get a wool rug.  Eventually the glue will fail, and the fibers will fall out.  Also, fibers initially shed from tufted wool rugs because not all of the fibers get secured in the process.  It can shed from "not much" to "a whole lot," depending on how it was done.  There have been two posters recently on MM who returned tufted rugs b/c of the shedding issue, so if it bothers you, be aware.  I've not bought a knotted wool rug yet that sheds.  I've also never owned a synthetic rug that sheds.

However knotted wool rugs of a good quality in that size are going to be way more than $500, so that's not what you are looking for.  Just a run-down on what factors I consider when I'm buying.  And to say it can be VERY difficult to rug shop online if you are picky at all.

IME, a synthetic rug is going to start looking tired after a few years of use (my LR poly rug was done after a couple).  A tufted wool rug will probably last about 10 (my second tufted LR rug was down for maybe 5 years and still looks good out in our garage/guesthouse, but there were some areas of failure around the edges).  A knotted wool rug can last centuries but are expensive compared to other materials/constructions.

[abseptember17]

Jun 7, 2013 14:40:56 GMT -5 munkii said:

Let's see if the PB bear eats this again...

These are all different colors since I don't know exactly how your walls read IRL.

www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rizzy-rugs-cf-02/light-blue/287CF0815-203.html

www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/trans-ocean-horizon/aqua/139966304-508.html

www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/chandra-rugs-tp-7/light-blue/217TFDDC-305.html

www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/safavieh-chevron-leaves/blue-fire/101MSR3612C-8010.html

www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-aurora/aqua/200MRTU8A-76096.html

www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-diamond/light-blue/200VCDH01C-8010.html

www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/trans-ocean-outdoor-big-squares/ocean/139205504OCN-5076.html

Wow thanks for shopping for me!
I really like 2,4, and 6.  Do you think 6 would work in denim and I could pull darker blue into the sheets and décor pillows?

I love your siggy pic

[abseptember17]

Juno

Thank you so much for schooling me on rugs! I really needed to know that info and it will help with the other rugs I need for this house too! I think my goal is something that will last 5-10 years... after that I'd probably want to change it out anyways.

I like the rug you posted. Hadn't thought about adding orange to the space.

[munkii]

You could definitely pull in a darker blue.

Something you may want to do is play with this color scheme designer to see what can work together: colorschemedesigner.com/.

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You're welcome. The rug #6 you like is a kilim, which means it is a flat weave, and won't be particularly soft underfoot (but not unpleasant or anything). You'd also avoid the shedding issue with that.

ETA: Also, get some painter's tape and tape the rug size out on the floor before you buy. That helps a TON to see if it's right for the space.  I think a lot of people go too small.  My favorite article on rug sizing: www.houzz.com/ideabooks/222609/list/11-Area-Rug-Rules-and-How-to-Break-Them