Help Me Pick a Rug + Win It!
Hey gang! Want to win a rug? GOOD because this is your chance. Okay, so in addition to my art wall projects around the house, I'm working on window treatments and rugs - one for the entry and one for Aidan's room to replace the lovely flokati rug that I talked about here. I need to act quickly though because the baby is 4 months old now and I can tell he will be crawling pretty soon! Then it's zoom! zoom! zoom! all over his room. Recently Armadillo&Co posted on their Instagram that they would send ONE lucky person who comments on this IG photo a rug just for suggesting one for Aidan's room. Isn't that nice? So if you could do me a favor and help me pick a rug, then comment below AND on their IG photo here, that would be super great! You have to comment in both places though to qualify.
So this is the deal. I will order a rug for Aidan's room to replace the fabulous yet impractical flokati - I want the same size and shape (nothing round), just one that will work in his room and will be easy on his knees as he begins to move that little bod around. If you want to help me out, can you look over the Armadillo&Co website and see if you imagine any of those rugs for this space below? Remember, it will replace the flokati and be positioned in the exact same place.
The new rug will need to coordinate with the current scheme and blend nicely but definitely not steal the thunder away from the beautiful window and wallpaper ("Kite" by Ferm Living). The colors in the room are mint, goldenrod, white, gray, black... and some blue. The walls are pale mint ("Cabbage White" by Farrow & Ball). The gumball round felt rug will stay in front of the changing table so the new rug will need to coordinate with it. It is mint, gray, white, goldenrod and beige. You can see more photos of the nursery here.
Here are some stripe-y ones that I'm considering... They're not too "baby" and can grow with him for years to come. But the colors are right. I'm thinking that MAYBE I can ask them if they'll create one of these rugs in a mint stripe just for Aidan's room? What do you think? The charcoal is too graphic/harsh for this space and the duck egg blue will make the mint walls look more blue and I don't want that... Plus I never imagined a baby blue boy's room and so I'm trying to do all I can to steer clear from that. But stripes are always nice...
Chevron is nice too... And I do have triangle patterns in the room so it could work... The two colors would need to be pretty close in tone though, not too contrast-y, because I don't want it to be the focal point in the room... The good thing about the Chevron patterns is you can custom order. In this case, what two colorways would you go with for this space? I am imagining maybe sage and fog...
Persia could be good too, but again, the colors would need to be very same-y so there isn't a high contrast...
What about Triangles? Not in this colorway but..
Maybe a Ribbon Multi Stripe? Again, not these colors... We are just looking at design and patterns for now...
Lots of people are telling me to just go with the big, round Dandelion Natural rug for this room. This would mean removing the felt ball rug from in front of the changing table and placing it in the corner in front of his closet (not shown). It is also great for little knees as I'm told it is soft and natural.
Or I could go with the Marigold (which I love, but I wanted this one for my office!). But he is a BOY and he will have LEGOS and TRUCKS and stuff, will this open cut out pattern really be practical for a little growing boy? Or will I constantly be picking legos out of it when I vacuum? Or will he constantly be complaining because he cannot get his massive lego towers to stand on it without falling over? For this reason, the Dandelion above may be more practical. Plus Marigold does look a little feminine, don't you think?
OKAY so what are your thoughts? AND REMEMBER: To win a rug from Armadillo&Co you need to:
1// Comment on this IG photo with your rug suggestion for Aidan's room. 2// Comment below on this post with your suggestion.
That's it! But you'll need to do both!
Contest ends when I choose a rug, which I'm thinking will be within the next two weeks so I'll most likely close this contest on June 30.
THANK YOU EVERYONE and especially to Armadillo&Co for this amazing opportunity for a lucky reader!
(images: armadillo&co)