INSPIRATION: FLATWOVEN RUGS

While I wait for my chairs to come back from the upholster and my lampshades to be made, I am busy researching rugs for the master bedroom.

While I would dearly love an over dyed vintage piece (here), my budget is probably better suited to a flatwoven or sisal rug. The rug will sit under the bottom half of the king bed, so it needs to be about 200cm x 300cm. The bed has a steel dark grey green colour valance and bed head.

The rest of the room is very much WIP. The small couch is yet to be recovered. The bedside tables are still sporting their faux mahogany stain and I would like to upgrade the sun-burnt yellow pine drawers with something larger, darker and antique.

But back to the rugs. Natural Floorcovering has ready made rugs in grey (non-Belgian) sisal or a herringbone black & natural sisal.

World Weave has some nice natural and black geometric patterned jute rugs. They kindly sent samples in the post, but they are a lot more black and yellow than the colours below show.

Or a multi-textured, indigo and natural jute and wool jug. Could be interesting?

Complete Pad has some plain jute options, including this one in grey or silver.

Armadillo & Co also has a couple of options. Either the Masai flatweave in granite colour (too brown?)

Or something from their Designer Collection. Check out all the great colours here. These are more than twice the price of all the ones above, so I am going to exhaust those first.

 

INSPIRATION: OVER DYED VINTAGE RUGS

I wandered past Hub Furniture in Surry Hills the other morning and got extremely side-tracked by these beautiful over-dyed vintage rugs from Golran. The most lovely shades of grey-green. Definitely priced as an "investment piece".

Loom Rugs in Melbourne also have a range of over-dyed vintage rugs but they are brighter colours.

ANSWER: NO NEED TO GO TO ST BARTH'S

It seems there is no longer a need to go to St Bath's to buy a rug as I lamented here! Armadillo & Co has launched its Designer Collection. Just a few lovely patterns, including Casablanca (below), and lots of lovely colours (including lots of grey, greens, blues and beige). Definitely one to keep in mind.

QUESTION: IS IT REALLY FEASIBLE TO ORDER A RUG FROM ST BARTH'S

Answer: Of course not. Unless the rugs are as super lovely as these spotted a Calypso St Barth! Ideal size for sunroom is 2.7m x 3.7m at $1,500 plus killer postage.....

INSPIRATION: B&W STRIPED RUGS

Yes, B&W striped & chevron rugs are everywhere - so this thought is by no means original inspiration. However it is quite out of character given my tendencies towards beige, greige and maybe a little grey-green if feeling brave.

Have seen lots of these on Diane Bergeron's website (mostly Madeline Weinrib - who unfortunately no longer has a distributer in Australia).

Have also spotted great examples at Armadillo & Co (2x3m = $1,100) and more affordable ones at Design and Retreat (2x3m grey stripe = $1,122) and Ikea (2x3m = $449).

As a way of putting my toe in the bold water of striped rugs, am thinking of getting one for the sun room in the New Home. Its floors are currently yellow-y stone which isn't that easy to work with and thinking the combination of B&W rug with a bamboo day bed with lots of green and white cushions might just work.