When we last visited the living room it looked like this:
It looks unfinished and kind of cold in this picture. Although it did look better in person, it never really 'clicked'.
Until now.
I'm a little excited for this change. I've been waiting for this since the day we moved in.
Check it out today!
Say it with me: Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
The room didn't miraculously get bigger, but a new rug definitely makes it feel that way! Even Hubby agrees, shockingly.
Just to highlight how awesomely awesome this new rug is, check out what the living room looked like right after we moved.
The old rug was shag. It was bad. Just bad. Don't get me wrong, it looked fantastic in our previous apartment, but the living room was much larger, so a heavy rug grounded the space. In this tiny conservatively sized space, it just weighed it down. We got this rug before the cats were even a consideration, too. Shag + cat hair = impossible to clean. Even our Dyson is powerless.
I'm also over the pattern. The living room was just screaming for something more sophisticated. Something like this, perhaps?
I got the new rug from Joss and Main for $155 including tax and shipping. Not too shabby for a 5x7 if I do say so myself. I still have more plans for this room, but WOW, what a difference a new rug makes! I'm really pleased with the pattern. It's not so large (like the previous) that it will get dated or boring- it's just the right scale to make a statement and not compete with my planned bold patterned or colored chair. Massachusetts tax free holiday is this coming weekend- chair shopping may need to happen. I've already warned Hubby.
I'll leave you with one last gratuitous living room shot.
Random un-rug related thought: I am SOO happy with my big girl camera! I know I still have a lot of technique to learn, but the difference in quality is already obvious. I guess I'm not as bad of a photographer as I thought! I bet you couldn't tell, but these pics were taken at dusk- you know, that time when its still light out, but completely dark inside. The manual setting on my camera is a miracle worker.