I love your fabric choice! It should work fine with the small/medium check in your dining room. Re a rug, how about a simple cream color? It appears that most of it will be covered by furniture.

http://www.potterybarn.com/products/henley-rug-ivory/?pkey=csolid-rugs&&csolid-rugs

I love your fabric choice, too! Can you get a picture of your current rug in brighter light, maybe with the fabric next to it, so we can see how the colors go, or do you not have the fabric yet?

Or 219.00 for a 9x12 from esalerugs.com

Use seagrass, NOT sisal - it doesn't wear as well. Seagrass wears beautifully - DD has it in her LR and DR and it still looks great 18 years later. Did I mention she has two sons?

Lovely drapery fabric............too bad it doesn't work with your current furnishings. The draperies would work with in a sage color, but there is too much contrast and not enough complementary colors.

I would start with the rugs and then select the drapes

Thank you for the support and suggestion, Torreykm. I should have said that we have 7 kids and 2 dogs. A cream might not be the best in this case. Pretty rug though!

Thank you, my3dogs. I'll try to snap a closeup picture later today. It's just as gray today, so the lighting is going to be tricky.

I don't have the fabric yet, just doing online searches right now. I'll paste in some more pictures I've found of the fabric below. If this print works, I plan to get tablecloths and hang them from rings, just like we did in the dining room.

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions, no soccer mom. Unfortunately those greens have too much yellow in them to work well with our furniture. I appreciate you looking for so many options, though!

I love the look of sea grass, anglophilia. That and orientals (as long as they don't have washed out fade marks, ugh.) We still have little people that play on this floor. Is sea grass uncomfortable to roll, crawl, sit, and play on? The green wool rug in our room was love at first touch for DH, since it's quite soft. (Interpretation: A scratchy rug would be hard to convince him to get!)

Thank you so much for the mockup BeverlyFLADeziner! I agree the fabric doesn't look the best against the couches in that picture. Sage is a pretty accurate call on our couch color. I'm wondering though, if the curtain fabric isn't quite as bright in real life?

Here are the other pictures:

ETA:

Can you please share how you used table cloths for the curtains in the dining room???looks lovely.

I love the look and durability of seagrass, but, honestly, it's rough on knees. Maybe a jute rug or a seagrass lookalike?

Jute. 263.00

279.00

312.00

Wool/Sisal, 172.00

All are 9x12 from www.naturalarearugs.com in the Sale section.

Turning tablecloths into curtains isn't too difficult, sheilaaus122. The hardest part was ironing all of that fabric after it was washed. I ordered tablecloths that were a little longer than what I needed and then folded over the excess fabric to get them to the right length. (You could hem them if you need them to open and close all the time. I didn't do this and the fabric sticks out when I slide the curtains around.) Clip the curtain rings along the fold line. I start by folding the top edge of the curtain in half. One clip goes at each end along the top of the curtain and another one goes in the middle of the top edge. Then fold the top of the curtain again, matching up the middle and one of the end clips so that you can find the midway point between the clips. Continue matching clips, folding, and clipping the midway points until you have as many clips as you want evenly spaced along the top edge. Thread them on your rod, arrange them, and done. (It's much easier to do this task than it is to describe it!)

I wonder if you could tea wash the fabric to make it look a little aged & not so stark against your sofas that have a bit of a muddier tone to them? That would be very cottagey-not a word, but ya know what I mean?!?

With 7 kids, I'd get a cheap indoor/outdoor rug that you can take outside with the water hose!! HD & Lowes should start bringing them out soon. I have one in front of my FP- which now has a few burn holes, but for $60- I'm not too upset. It looks like sisal & really not uncomfortable at all.

My grandsons never objected to the seagrass, but it was in the LR and DR and that was not their typical area to play - just when visitors came or it was a holiday.

Jute wears terribly - total waste of money.

One's feet must get used to sisal and seagrass but it does eventually happen. They're such a great look, inexpensive and very durable.

Here's a fun rug(esale rugs) that may work with the sofas and the fabric the 8*10 is $399, 9x12 $449(Palazzo Rug).

If you are less tied to the fabric these are 9x12s

Serapi Rug $449

10x13 $399 Tabriz cant post photo for some reason, http://esalerugs.com/green-10x13-tabriz-design-area-rug-33137043 

Santa Fe 9x12 449

Beverly, where is the first rug you posted from. Not the ones in the rooms but the first one under that.

Laughable I updated my post above to include the photos that were missing

ALso wanted to share that esale is have a great sale right now.

I found this 9x12 for $199 it is in many colorways

ctlane, I found the rug that you're questioning -
[https://www.houzz.com/products/loloi-rugs-mayfield-mf14-5x76-garden-prvw-vr~37696658[(https://www.houzz.com/products/loloi-rugs-mayfield-mf14-5x76-garden-prvw-vr~37696658)

I disagree that the gorgeous floral fabric won't work with your current furnishings. I think it easily will. The mockup above doesn't seem to take into account the fact that the room photo is dark, and the floral fabric will not appear so stark in that same lighting as it does in the original photo which is only the fabric, not in any room context. I think you can certainly add pops of color, such as throw pillows and a rug that would create a beautiful harmony in this space. Your sofas are neutral - sort of like having a blank canvas to start with.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Picking out rugs is tough. I've spent hours looking at rugs online at the links shared as well as at other retailers. I'm not a fan of a lot of the styles that are big right now, such as the trellis designs. With some of the take-offs of orientals, I see little men with creepy eyes or crawling beetles, lol. (I must have had an overactive imagination as a child. I remember seeing clowns in the woodgrain of the closet doors in my childhood home.)

Beverly, you found some great images of sweet, cheerful rooms. Thank you for posting them. Thank you too, for all the pictures and links, localeater.

I like those rugs, nosoccermom. I wish I could touch them. That style shows up in a lot of the living rooms I've pinned.

Using an indoor/outdoor rug is not a bad idea, as long as we can feel it and make sure it's soft enough, Peppapoodle. I've pinned a few from Home Depot, but I would like to stop in and see them in person to check the feel.

As pretty as the sea grass rugs are, it sounds like they aren't going to pass the softness test. Thanks for the heads up about jute not lasting, Anglophilia. I was looking at some of those, but have now crossed them off the list.

I just placed an order for one Laura Ashley Geranium tablecloth right before you posted, Ida Claire. Once it comes, I'll update with pictures and then we can all see if it will really work or not.

Thank you all!

I've had tightly woven jute rugs that lasted for 5-7 years. Granted, they were in my dining room, not entry.

Also check www.rugsusa.com

Good to know, no soccer mom. Thanks for the link. I'm having better success at this store than some of the others. Eagerly awaiting the fabric before moving forward, though...

Google Orion Rugs they are sold at many locations including Home Depot and Lowe's. I just recently ordered one through home Depot and we love it. It's very soft and comfortable and it's an indoor outdoor rug that can be hosed off. There is no fake or plastic feel to it. It's a very nice rug. It was very reasonably priced and it had free shipping. That brand has a ton of prints and colors to choose from. This is the one I got, not what you are looking for, but an example.

I'll check that brand out ravencajun, thanks for the suggestion.

My tablecloth (curtain) has arrived. I'll try to be back with pictures soon!

The "curtain" is here! I pinned it up with some push pins. : ) In the time it took me to hang it and pick up (this part of) the living room, the sun came out and left again. Such is life in our area. What do y'all think?

I think it looks absolutely fine! Nice with the sofa and with the lamp at that end.

I bow to your bargain hunting prowess, Laughable!

I adore it! Makes me miss my cottage décor, but can I just live vicariously through yours? So pretty!

Looks very good. I think it goes well with the furniture and the art.

Very, very pretty. I can see it with a natural area rug, either seagrass, wool/sisal, jute, or lookalike.

Try www.naturalarearugs.com I've been quite happy with them.

Beautiful!

Two thumbs up :-)

Lovely. I wish I could remember who found the perfect rug recently for their dining room. It was fabulous. I think they had been looking for a year - the room was cream and had pink and green accents i think. A lovely tall clock? I could picture a rug like that in this room, but of course I can not find the post!

It was beagles in her thread Do I need a new rug? I just found it on Google but I don't know how to link with my tablet.

Thank you all!! I think these curtains make me five shades of happy. : ) I'm glad you like them and think that they work well with our couch, lamp, and artwork. I can hardly wait to get some beadboard wallpaper up and fix that silly ceiling (air mail!). DH is planning to vault the ceiling and then we want to plank it. Soon...

I don't know my3dogs, you have quite the prowess with bargain hunting yourself. I remember some pretty neat lamps and rugs you've found. And those island legs from a bed frame were quite clever. ; )

Aw, you sure can, Ida Claire. Do you have any links to your old house? I'd love to see it. I remember seeing the kitchen recently and I'd enjoy seeing more. Cottage style is my favorite. I have to be careful because I can swing more formal and traditional, but it's not what makes me the most comfortable.

Boopadoo, maybe someone else can do the remembering for you. I don't recall seeing that dining room, but sure would like to see it.

Just to confirm: Does the green rug really need to leave? It's ok if it does, I can use it elsewhere. But, I want to be absolutely sure before I go about buying another one.

If you prefer to keep the green rug, perhaps cover the ottoman in a small print that includes pink, the brighter green and maybe brown and get a few pillows that include pink?

Wonderful curtains!

The rug seems fine, add a splash of that pink to the foreground.

I don't see anything wrong with the current rug it's fairly neutral. The 2 things I would remove from the picture and see the difference is the throw on the ottoman and the blue color throw on the rocking chair. Bring in some of the same pinks from the curtains in throws or pillows. Or better yet make pillow covers from a matching table cloth or a cover for the ottoman. I personally would not have any type of Sisal rug if you have children that will be scooting around on it they can be painful.

The rug can stay! I and my 3 dogs agree. :-)

I love the new curtains, especially with your artwork :) I agree that if you add some co-ordinating pillows or throws you may not need to change your rug, although I can't see the colour of it properly......on my ipad it looks beige-y rather than green!

Great idea to use tablecloths as curtains too!