cutting a rug

with a new home comes lots of spaces to fill, including floors. while i love colorful rugs, and love how they can really pull everything together in a room and establish a cohesive look, i also (a) tend to be picky, and (b) can hardly afford the very expensive price tag that usually accompanies a rug of a decent size. what's a girl with champagne taste and a beer budget to do??

to my great surprise, i've had a ton of luck with two rugs in our new home. the first is a rug for our kitchen. we have a pretty good size kitchen with white cabinetry, rubbed bronze hardware and accents, and mocha (read medium brown) walls. i found some fabulous golden and cream toile fabric that my very talented mother turned into draperies for the very large windows overlooking the dining area. while i realize brown and yellow doesn't sound too visually appealing, i really like the combination. i figured that i would have a terrible time trying to find a rug that incorporated both colors, but imagine my surprise when i stumbled upon this beauty on pottery barn's website:


here's a close-up:


what was the best part?? it was on sale!! and even greater?? my local pottery barn here in louisville had one in stock so i didn't have to order it online and incur shipping expenses!!

the second rug i lucked onto today through a fellow blogger. i love when i learn of great products, sales, etc. through the various blogs that i read, and i was definitely not disappointed with little green notebook's post today about a collection of martha stewart rugs over at overstock. i have been searching for yet another rug, approximately 4' x 6', to go in our master bath. we have a very pretty, light shade of blue (with the slightest hint of turquoise) on our master bedroom and bathroom walls. what isn't so pretty is the vast expanse of the white ceramic tile floor in the bathroom. so you can imagine my happiness to discover this beautiful rug, which i think will fit perfectly in the space and cover the not so attractive floor:


and again, it was a steal! plus, overstock charges $2.95 shipping on your entire order. where else are you going to have a rug shipped to you for less than $5?!?!

pictures to come, i promise!