My H needs to pick his battles re: area rugs

[emoflamingo]

...or I'm buying a giant metal chicken.

He started with the "we're spending $2-3k refinishing the floors and you want area rugs why?" argument when I told him the one I love (BUT CANNOT JUSTIFY) for the living room is $600. I have been searching for a suitable one that looks like it but is less expensive but I can't find anything anywhere.

Well, THEN he brings it up to his Dad while we're picking up the boys. Mistake, because his dad is all "oh, but emo is right to want rugs" and goes on and on about sound buffering and protecting the floors. And his mom agrees and says she'd have them if it weren't for their miniature ponies/Great Danes. And then he texts his BFF (who is married to one of my good friends) and he ALSO agrees, but does say $600 is insanity.

I kind of really want a Beyonce of my own now just to mess with him for all this.

And now, I need help finding a similar rug to this:



I really love the color and I really like the pattern, but I am open to any other pattern that is sort of traditional and simple but not flowery or too modern (like chevron). I can go search for the picture of my pillows that are going in that room, but the curtains are green. Not lime or sage or hunter, but kind of a kiwi? Room is Behr Gobi Desert, the couch is tan, we don't have any other permanent furniture in there (and even the couch may get replaced in the next few years, depending on how hard Baby W is on things).

[kaylie]

Rugs USA has this one. www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-moroccan-trellis/charcoal/200MTVS27E-26010.html

And yes, you're smart to get area rugs.

[thewop]

I have that rug that Kaylie posted in "Light Blue" (not the spa blue). I really like it.

[thewop]

This one looks a little closer to the color of the one you PIP'd.
www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-trellis/gold/200MTVS29B-76096.html

[emoflamingo]

Kaylie, I'm tempted to get that one in purple. (I love purple). Would it look good with green curtains if the pillows tied it in? (I would replace curtains if it flopped IRL!)

[kaylie]

I like that one in purple too =)

I like a purple/green combo, as long as you don't use barney green with barney purple with no other colors to prevent the room from reminding me of a big dinosaur =)

[emoflamingo]

Oh no, in Kansas it's not "Barney" it's KSTATE.

[sierramist03]

Dec 3, 2012 17:09:22 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

Oh no, in Kansas it's not "Barney" it's KSTATE.

[Deleted]

Pretty rug.
You need rugs.
Overstock has a lot of options like that.
As does Menard's if you're nearby

And I laugh because I don't think my H has a clue in hell what an area rug is, why I'd want it, or why we need it. It'd be on my floor for 3 months and he'd say, "Hmm...need to vacuum soon dear. Rubes is leaving a goldfish cracker trail in a trellis pattern!"

[emoflamingo]

I have 3 rugs in my cart at Overstock for less than $500 and I STILL can't make myself hit order.

[pickle123]

EMO GET THE PURPLE ONE.

Love, a fellow K-stater.

[pickle123]

P.S. I do have that same rug in the gray and I love it.

[sierramist03]

Do it you need rugs, girl! It's not like you have functioning rugs you want to just replace

[kaylie]

Emo, are you using a coupon code for Overstock already? I have a $20 off $150 email that I could probably forward you if it would help.

[emoflamingo]

I found a $40 off $500 coupon last night on retailmenot.com.

(Still haven't placed order.)

[lys]

www.Overstock.com is your friend.

600 is not alot for a large area rug - especially if it is wool.

[sratsey]

We got all our area rugs from overstock and I'm really happy with them. You NEED rugs on hardwood, especially in the higher traffic areas or anywhere that you'll have tables/chairs.
I also think that $600 isn't a lot for an area rug, depending on the size.

[boiler717]

I just got an overstock email about a rug sale, too!

[emoflamingo]

The 10% off rugs? Yep, they've been doing that for awhile.

I need to just hit "order" but I can't. I'm so frugal it's ridiculous. I know I need them! (My H is like "Menards is having a rug sale" but I think I looked and found nothing that fit my tastes.)

[sjh722]

I love that rug, but the size I need is $1,020. $663 after coupon code.

Ouch. (I know it's not bad comparatively, but I have been bleeding money the past month, okay? LOL)

[emoflamingo]

Dec 5, 2012 11:44:39 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

I love that rug, but the size I need is $1,020. $663 after coupon code.

Ouch. (I know it's not bad comparatively, but I have been bleeding money the past month, okay? LOL)

This is totally where I am too. $400 in paint PLUS what we spent on primer and ceiling paint? UGH. I didn't even want to count after the paint.

[sjh722]

Dec 5, 2012 12:43:51 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

Dec 5, 2012 11:44:39 GMT -5 sjh722 said:

I love that rug, but the size I need is $1,020. $663 after coupon code.

Ouch. (I know it's not bad comparatively, but I have been bleeding money the past month, okay? LOL)

This is totally where I am too. $400 in paint PLUS what we spent on primer and ceiling paint? UGH. I didn't even want to count after the paint.

LOL, yes. Ace Hardware messed up color matching on paint for my office. It was 2 entirely different colors. Their solution? Paint a third coat with a third gallon to fix their mistake. This totally defeats the purpose of color matching, people. I ended up getting a free gallon of paint out of the deal, but ugh, I have spent like $800+ on paint in the past 3 weeks, is expecting it to be the same color too much to ask?

[amblor]

I have the rug posted in blue too and I loooove it! But yes I got the same thing from my husband and father after we redid our floors and I wanted area rugs. I won.

[grey56]

Dec 3, 2012 16:17:44 GMT -5 kaylie said:

Rugs USA has this one. www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-moroccan-trellis/charcoal/200MTVS27E-26010.html

And yes, you're smart to get area rugs.

I just got this same rug in the gold color! They were running a 75% off sale around Thanksgiving so I got the 7.5x9.5 size for $160-something. I haven't received it yet but the reviews were all very positive.

[emoflamingo]

Dec 6, 2012 7:21:38 GMT -5 grey56 said:

Dec 3, 2012 16:17:44 GMT -5 kaylie said:

Rugs USA has this one. www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-moroccan-trellis/charcoal/200MTVS27E-26010.html

And yes, you're smart to get area rugs.

I just got this same rug in the gold color! They were running a 75% off sale around Thanksgiving so I got the 7.5x9.5 size for $160-something. I haven't received it yet but the reviews were all very positive.

This makes me want to cry. I want a rug for that price!