Winner of the Rug Competition Is...

Remember here when we said we were in the market for a rug?  Well here's the one we wound up with.

Choice #1!

It even has Wyatt's stamp of approval. Don't worry it's not staying in the living room.  As soon as the floor is finished, it's taking up residency.

Decisions Decisions

It's down to decision time for flooring in our man cave renovation.  Here's some things we considered before coming to our decision:

1. We have no basement and our house has radiant heat running though the concrete slab. Real wood is out.
2. We have pets-Jozie goes out to do her business through the back door. Translation: There are bound to be wet, muddy paw prints tracked across the floor and we need something that cleans easily.
3. We want this to be a family-friendly room.  More than likely once we have bambinos of our own, this room will be the place to hang out, keep toys, and enjoy each other's company.  We don't want to have to worry about juice and barf stains.  Flooring that stains (e.g. carpet) is out.

Right now, we're really feeling vinyl.  The price is right and it met all of our qualifications.  Because it's SNAP together, the flooring store told us it was idiot-proof (score!)  Here are the colors that we considered.

I tend to gravitate towards dark wood, but I also didn't want to rule out light after seeing how bright it made our cave-like family room feel. 



After thinking long and hard, we've decided to go darkish.  My favorite is the one to the far left in the picture above.  The middle was so dark that you can't see any details.

It's really starting to come together!

Rug Choices

In our home's current state, we are up to our elbows in carpet.  With the man cave renovation underway, this will soon be changing.  One reason that I'm entirely too pumped is that now I have a reason to go rug shopping!

 

I love the personality that a good rug can add to a room.  Here are a few that we're crushing on...

 

Option 1-great pattern

 

I just love the geometric pattern in this one.  The downside?  It comes in charcoal and navy.  While I love both of these colors, the charcoal might be too much gray since we have about 50 Shades of Gray (ha ha) between our furniture, drapes, and walls.  Also, we have decided to go with dark floors and I don't think a dark rug will "pop" enough.

 

 

Option 2-good color

 

This one still has the geometric pattern that I imagined and I think a lighter color rug would have more of a presence on our dark floor.  Not to mention, you'll see a lot less Jozie hair on it...

 

Option 3-punchy color

 

If you've been to our house, you know that green is pretty much carried throughout.  I think this is the splash of color I imagined all along and I know it would look great with our new gray furniture.  While I don't see myself tiring of this color, I have reservations about splurging on such a statement color.  What if we get tired of it soon?!

 

 

Option 4-the "non-rug" rug

 

I've always been intrigued by Flor.  This is a great texture, very herringbone-esque I think, and it's a bit cheaper than most rugs.  I also was attracted to the fact that they're easier to clean than a big 'ole rug.  A little worried, however, that the color would be difficult to keep clean...

 

Option 5-the economical choice

 

So option 5 (from Urban Outfitters) wouldn't allow me to save a picture of their beaut of a rug.  It has the pop of color (teal) that we're looking for and is also the cheapest by far.  After reading the reviews, it seems that people were pleased with it's quality, despite it's low price.  I think this is also the boyfriend's favorite, as he's wanting this room to be more "fun" and less formal. 

 

So what do you think?  Hmm decisions, decisions...

 

 

FLOR?

(from here)

Wowza! This is so cool that I spent an hour looking at all the cool options on the FLOR website.  We know that our man cave flooring will have to be replaced eventually (reasons why to come later) so I wanted to consider all the options out there. 

Has anyone out there tried FLOR tiles? Are they easy to install? How do they hold up? I'm intrigued.