An upholstery store nearby was having their floor sample sale so I went in just to see what they had. Our couch is almost 10 years old and it looks 20 after having juice spilled on it, baby mishaps, muddy shoes from the kiddos, you name it. We were told by a cleaning company that they didn't want to take our money because it might not look much different after they worked on it. Of course, when I went in, everything I loved were the only couches NOT on sale. But I did find 3
Dash & Albert gems - I LOVE this rug company. I'm still kicking myself (seriously I might lose sleep over it), for not buying the runner that matched the slate blue moorish tile 2x3. On sale for $15 - selling right now all over the interwebs for $190 and no less. :( Oh well, it's mate was $10 and it will serve a purpose until I find a more fitting rug for our kitchen. I passed on it because we already have a rug for our entryway and it's not long enough for a runner. But when I was working in the kitchen today I realized that I could have put the runner against the longer wall of cabinets and put the smaller one on the other side so my work spaces would be cushioned. I had always envisioned a bigger rug for the middle of the floor but realize that the option I just described would be much better. I called back and of course it had been sold. The sale opened today and they had a line outside the door at 8:30. We had breakfast at Bread Co. and then went to Target to buy school supplies. Oh well. Here are the beauties:
For the back door.
In front of the kitchen sink.
The landing upstairs. (This one is beautiful and the picture doesn't do it justice. Also the pink lego box and legos scattered everywhere kind of clash. But the gold in the rug matches the wall color perfectly.)
Price for all 3 rugs: $55. Retail value: a whole lot more.
But I still can't get that rug runner out of my head. :)
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This morning:
So I've gotten over the runner thing (almost), but this morning I'm regretting my purchase of the rug upstairs. The gold is a perfect match, but the other colors just don't sing to me. So it might be heading to Craigslist soon. :)
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And the whole early bird/worm thing is true because right before we got there, a woman bought some beautiful 8x10 D&A's for nothing. I saw them in all their glory, but learned of their fate when I saw the tags were gone. Can you tell I'm obsessing a little about these rugs? I just know how expensive rugs are and that's why our floors are so bare! Wish I could just order straight off of their website but I don't think I'll ever see that day. :)
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