Even though summer is coming and cool, bare floors are perfect for hot Texas temperatures, I’ve been thinking about rugs a lot. There’s nary a stitch of carpet in our house and I like it that way, but I have a feeling baby will not. There’s no way I’m installing carpet over our gorgeous wood floors, but I have the overwhelming urge to pad every flat surface in some sort of thick woolen coating. Kind of like this waiting area designed by Tjep:
Sorry about the bad picture, but are you not sorely tempted to create your very own padded cell from Persian rugs? No more fretting over paint colors or furniture choices, just tell the carpet store you’ll take everything they’ve got in Tabriz, including this guy from Hannes Grebin:
Holy bejeesus, I totally want to start cutting up all my ugly rugs in bizarre shapes and then sewing fringe on the edges. It would solve my everlasting boredom with rectangles problem, while still allowing me to escape from the ubiquitous animal shaped rug (Cows, zebras and ponies, I prefer to see you in your natural state — no need to undress for me).
Despite disparaging the rectangle, I wouldn’t kick this sexy number out of the bedroom. Can you believe the peeps over at AT panned the Downloading Rug by Richard Hutten? Oh well. More for me. Still, I’m not sure baby would appreciate the sense of humor inherent in Hutten’s rug — unless he takes after daddy and is born a baby computer genius. Hopefully he won’t take after mommy’s swiss cheese brain.
Somehow I am thinking baby would prefer for me to cover everything in bright bespoke carpet, like this townhouse decorated by Danielle at Fun on the Floor. I actually think the stairs are super cuteamous, but sorry, baby — ain’t got no stairs.
Meanwhile, mommy has some rugs picked out, but they aren’t exactly kid friendly.
Oh, Dan Golden’s rugs make me laugh! It’s a good thing his area rugs cost upwards of $13,000, otherwise I’m not sure I could stop myself from buying one.
And then there’s the Roadkill rug by Oooms. Since I’m pretty sure my entire house will look like this in a few years anyway, I figure might as well save my money and pick something else.
This super textural rug by Dacia Manto might make a good base for junior’s creations. The neutral background will allow his jelly sculptures to stand out while the shaggy pile will add interest to the rest of the field. Plus I just really like this one.
Did you know that Timorous Beasties — makers of crazy wallpaper — also makes rugs? Wait! I think I may have chosen a name for our son…
So, our own timorous beastie probably has some ideas of his own about rugs he’d like (to ruin).
This foam rug by Laurens Van Wieringen is obviously kid approved. Plus it has the added bonuses of texture, pattern and color — three known strategies to disguise peanut butter and puke.
Apparently, older, undie clad children who can’t be bothered to put down the laptop enjoy staring at the melting icecap featured in Nanimarquina‘s Global Warming rug. Seriously, what is up with this picture?
Another Dan Golden gem. This one’s a bit more age appropriate. Of course, I still prefer his Morphine rug.
How cute is this rug by Richard Niessen and Jennifer Tee? This would truly, honestly look great in the nursery, but I shudder to even contemplate its cost. I’m not too bummed, though, because although I love this rug, it’s not even my favorite one.
I’ve pretty much decided on Dialogue, by Anne Lykke:
That’s right. Do I care that it looks like (and may actually be) a photoshopped image of a standard shag rug with a few moppets thrown on top? No, I do not. I would cover over my wood floors for this rug. Nevermind that the cat would get lost in a sea of wooly stands, or that we might lose the baby altogether, it looks so soft. And simple. And that sounds good right now.
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Ha! What a great post! Who knew that rugs had become soooooo avant garde? Well, I certainly didn’t! I feel strangely drawn to the roadkill one…
Those rugs are amazing! I love Timorous Beasties.
Welcome Nath, and good to hear from you Dawn! I like the roadkill one, too…
How do you find all of this “deliciousness,” as a certain someone would say? I’ve never seen such incredible variety…amazing!
…peanut butter, puke, jelly…just add poop to the mix and it sounds like you are completely ready for motherhood, Erin. You seem to have all of your bases covered! ;0)
Uh, NKP, you and Erin forgot lipstick. Just because you have boys don’t think that Y chromosome will negate a curiosity for girly items.
And all of my wishes and dreams will be fulfilled if Dan Golden would do a collection for IKEA.
OMG — those Dan Golden rugs are awesome.
Still, you may want to hold off on a new rug until the kid is fully potty trained. Just sayin’. ‘-)
GOD I LOVE RUGS
and that last one makes me gigglegigglegiggle
I want to drown in it!
The first image is one of my favs. That polar bear rug is so cute too!
Great collection! Dan Golden’s rugs crack me up.
that polar bear rug is awesome! i rather have a puppy than a kid. kids and i are like pickles and peanut butter, pickles make me sick.
another a+++ post! i love dan golden. that polar bear one would make me cry if i sawr it!
Awesome post. I feel sad about the polar bear rug: is that normal?
Raina’s right. My brother drew with lipstick all over the refrigerator once. So he may not have worn it… He also started my bed on fire by playing with matches under it. Good times.
Hello, hello everyone. Do you think if we all lobbied Ikea they would carry Dan Golden fabrics and rugs? I’m sure the morphine rug would be a hit with exasperated parents.
Raina and HG, thanks for the warning about lipstick. In my case it would probably be lip gloss, which I suspect is even worse. It’s like sparkly glue.
This post is great and the download rug is hilarious! It’s refreshing to see some pieces with a sense of humor. There’s nothing more dull than a too-serious home.
A floor cloth is a good way to add color to floors, and they’re really easy to clean and care for. It won’t give you the texture of a carpet-style rug, but it’s a lot easier to clean baby vomit off of!
We just recently experienced this same dilema. We went all over looking for carpet remnants only to find that they would cost just as much if not more as a really really big ready made rug.
Ultimately we ended up with a 8 x 10 “shaggedy shag” remnant from Lowe’s already bound for under $200. G had to talk me into trying it because it was frankly too brown. I wanted a light light super soft shaggy rug but um, I guess I forgot about the two mess makin’ machines we’ll soon be housing. No need for extra cleaning headaches so now all the various “dirt” will blend right in. Fabulous!
I love the morphine rug so much!
Also, I think I might have a crush on your website a little bit. So much color! So many ideas! Love it.