Did ya’ll know we are in search of the perfect rug?

Yup.

A rug for our kitchen.

Right now it looks ridiculously….wooden.

A nice patterned rug would be the perfect solution to break up all that gunstock colored wood flooring. Since our cabinets are wood too, it takes your eye and makes it feel a little soaked in oak. It leaves it pining for no pine. It’s wallowing in willow. It’s maple-ed in…err…yea, I got nothing.

The point is we needed some floor covering and fast. The boyfriend and I headed to the Pottery Barn outlets to see if their 30% special on rugs would yield us a great buy.

Jeremy spotted this yellow one and loved it instantly. The only problem is that it is a 3×5 size. We were really hoping to snag a 5×8 because it would cover a larger portion of the kitchen floor. We searched and searched. All they seemed to have was plain red and a couple pink and green combos…somehow I don’t think I would be able to convince Jeremy that pink/green would be the right fit in the kitchen. Plus the key to getting a rug for that space would be a bold but not show-stealing pattern…which none of the others had.

We shirked off the ALL SALES FINAL sign and headed to checkout. What really sealed the deal was the price tag. It was marked down to $89 and then we got an additional 30% off. When we found out that this lovely sunny baby would only cost around sixty smackers, we thought that surely it could work for now and then later be moved into the basement laundry room (I have dreams of a golden laundry room complete with a folding station, country sink, and laundry shoot that magically carries the dirty towels down the center of the house into a basket waiting with open arms!).

Overall, I don’t actually think it looks that bad for now. Sure it’s a little too small. Sure it’s not gonna stay there forever. Sure I will have to keep my eye out for a future bigger kitchen rug but for now this little golden child looks a-ok. Besides, this thing is worth its weight in gold for being so cushy on my knees when I am cooking dinner. And my philosophy is that you buy things you love especially when on sale – in the end, you’ll find a way to make it work….right? or did I make a horrible decision and just throw away 60 bones?!?!