And #2 is the one he would like the least. He'd probably like #1, and maybe #3. But I don't want such a dark rug.

Just a suggestion - I would simplify your mood boards by just including window treatments, bedding and rug with one or two paint possibilities. Those are your major players. The lamps and bench can come later. Right now it's visual overload.

Try again but try maybe a rust red (but not red red) but same palette otherwise.

I forgot that I'd seen this rug in person, which was definitely orange-y and beautiful. I especially loved that it had no border! I didn't take a better photo, because they were going to send me one (never did), and I don't see it on their site. It was something like 10K supposedly...

Try looking in the Jaipur "poeme" collection. what about something like this? And change the one color to bluish for the wall?

Then, toss some of these made from antique rug pillows on top.

oh and you know what you could do? if you go with a plainer bedding you can get pillows made out of real Persian rugs for the bed for husband. They are on etsy.

Very pretty, jtl!

And #2 is the one he would like the least. He'd probably like #1, and maybe #3. But I don't want such a dark rug.

That's why I picked #2, it's the lightest in composition and colorway. You (and your mood board) don't want such a dark rug if the goal is "Lightened Up Mission".

Husband does not like gray, so no gray as a main color in the rug.

99% sure we're going with BM Gray Wisp (first pic) or Silver Marlin (second pic) for the walls (both are blue/green/gray, but enough blue/green that he likes it). He likes all three, so I think it will be up to me.

The third color in the mood board was BM Woodlawn Blue, but I think it's too blue for what I want:

OK, back to the rug assignment! I have an orange rug, so I put it in my room to see... I find it too dark.

There is a good chance he might like one of these:

I like the first three of the ones you just posted ^ , not so much the last one because the pattern is so small and busy. I think I might actually like the first (red) one best...

i think you might look at this darkness thing differently. You are putting it under and out from a great big bed with light colored bedding. It will not nessasarily darken the room but will be an anchor.

Yeah, I'm not loving the orange tones, especially with our oak furniture. I still really love the blue/green $$$$ rug. Sigh...

and I just found this one. It's 10x15, so $$$$$$$$$$.

Me either but I'll keep looking for ways to give your husband a bit of bold color that will jive with the four windows. Not sure it can be done, you don't want dark or a Gray prominence and he does not want coral or orange. Plus it has to go with your wall color...tealy blue-ish/tic of greenish. And, it has to go with this. Whew!

I really view those roman shades as neutral. They are all natural/tan with gray birds.

I found this pic that has walls like the color I want, and a darker rug; I like it! But our floors will be lighter than those whenever we get to it.

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They might be neutral but they are a print. A print on at least four windows. Off white, gray and tan together in a pattern is a print.

Can you ask your husband what he thinks of the mockup with the Jaipur rug and striped bedding above. I have a Jaipur rug and they are very nice quality without going broke.

I consider the bird print a neutral, just as I would consider a light striped fabric or even a light animal print a neutral, especially for those of us who prefer color and pattern.

The expensive 10x15 looks gorgeous on my monitor. Green/blue with a touch of red to me is the way to go. Any rug with too much orange or red, with the Mission furniture is going to give you a heavy, more old-fashioned/dated aesthetic.

I think after a certain point you can overthink a room : ) . I would get the room as close to done as you can, and then I'd go to the rug shop, find a rug YOU like that it's in the budget, bring it home for a trial, and ask your husband what he thinks. Even better if the rug folks let you try it out for a few days!

This rug is at Costco lol.

I actually like the Costco rug.

Have you decided to replace the bed linens if necessary?

Yes, most probably will replace the bed linens (duvet cover and shams). My husband doesn't love them.

jt -- he's out of town, but I'll show him your pic when he gets back! I like the idea of stripes, but I can't help but thing they generally look/feel collegiate on a bed. I'm considering a striped rug, though!

Too bright?

Nosoccer, do you happen to know the source of that first rug? I'm still looking for my living room and those colors might work although I wanted all that plus a tic of vintage green though...but that's close.

Heres another stripe pip.

it's from rugsusa. There was an extra 15% off with May15, but it ends today. However, if you sign up, you'll constantly get special discount codes.

http://www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-in01-dense-peony-tree-of-life/Blue/200RZIN01A-5075.html

I also love this rug, but I guess that's too blue.

Or this, all the same rug.

nosoccermom -- my dear husband does not like any kind of faded look on rugs or fabric...whether it's artificially worn or worn over time.

Meanwhile, I fell for this beauty today:

ONLY 18K plus 60% off.

It just hit me that I definitely don't want our bedroom to look like a living room. That means, no vibrant red/blue rug.

jt -- even though my wall color looks sea foamy, I don't really like the seafoam color palette of that striped rug...

This one is busy, but might work:

If you are spending $7-8000 on a rug, you should select the rug before any other element, particularly before paint color.

ETA: Even if you're only spending $1000, the rug should come before paint.

Oh, no way are we spending that much! Probably less than 1K, maybe even less than $500.

I wonder if this Costco rug is still available.

This duvet? Comes in two colors.

Those are nice pip. I think if you keep the bedding simple you will have so much fun making pillows in colors you love for the bed,. Checks, stripped dots ....the fun is endless. You like doing that so go with it.

This one is at Target and is a quilt.

I brought home some rugs...

The 10x14 was the same price as the 8x10, so it was worth trying!

My favorite is the small rug in the first pic on the bottom. It's more green than blue. I decided to try it in case I can use it on the side of my bed. It's the only one I'd like to keep! The rug guy might be able to find something similar in a bigger size.

We'll see what my husband says when he returns tomorrow... I think I burned a thousand calories bringing these up three flights of stairs. I'm going to borrow a neighborhood teen to help me get the gigantic one back downstairs.

Ooooh, a quilt is a great idea! We put the duvet away in the warmer months and switch to a lovely blue down blanket, but a quilt would work nicely instead. During the winter, we can just keep the quilt on top of our duvet (esp if we just get a sheet-like duvet cover).

I like your favorite, too! Have enjoyed watching your selections and wish I could make those roman shades like you do!

ETA: nosoccermom - Thank you for the RugsUSA code. I used it today and they applied it as SCARE15. So maybe the trick is use whatever code you have and they'll automatically switch it to a valid one?

Delilah66 -- thanks! I really LOVE making the roman shades. It's nice to take a break now and focus on decorating.

After having those rugs overnight, I realized that.... I think I agree with my husband! I think I want a bit more color and pizzaz on the floor. I packed them up and will take them back tomorrow.

Here's my latest board:

I also received the upholstery fabric that I'd ordered for a possible future bench. I LOVE IT. The color scheme is exactly what I'm looking for. This fabric could go anywhere in our house, so if it doesn't work in the MBR, I can use it elsewhere. But I want to use those colors for buying the other things.

I know you're well into the process, but let me throw out some .02 because I just redid my master bedroom and I had some similar issues. My SO has a very conservative palette and taste (he's a carpenter, hmm .....) and we had several different wood tones in the room to coordinate (some cool browns and orange-y trim, for example) along with a mix of art we already had, and a blue carpet that had to stay for at least a while. I had to pick a wall color that would play nicely with all the elements. I ended up going with a color that I love, but probably wouldn't have picked if it wasn't perfect for all the jobs it had to do. So I am going to suggest you put together the carpet, drapes, and bedding before picking the wall color. Are you wedded to the window treatments? I love them, but they are going to be difficult to match with a bold rug with no grey and coral and then there's the bedding. Not impossible, just difficult. When you find the perfect rug, then finding a wall color that plays nicely with the window treatments and carpet and bedding should be easier.

I think it might make more sense to have a more neutral rug and add color with window treatments, accessories, duvet, wall color. Having the carpet be the one thing with pizazz won't really impact the room that much with everything being neutralish.

I made those roman shades, and just finished them a couple of weeks ago, so yes I am quite wedded to them. :).

They really are more neutral in person! I consider them a blank canvas that will go with everything, which is why I picked that fabric. They are ivory/beige, so I'm not sure why they would cause a problem?

I keep agreeing with pippiep about considering the shade fabric as a neutral. To me that pattern is almost more of a texture, like a tone on tone damask, if that makes sense. I do agree with those who are saying to pick the paint color LAST, after deciding on rug and bedding etc.

Let us know how it goes with the rugs. I think with those colors and patterns for the rug, with the samples you brought home, you're on the right track.

Love that duvet set, which colorway were you thinking of?

I FOUND MY RUG!!!! I returned the others today and showed them a picture of the one I included in the last mood board above. They said they had one that was similar.

Now I hope my husband loves it as much as I do, and is willing to buy a wool rug right now. If he's not, I might "take out a loan" and "repay" him for it!! This rug is SO PERFECT.

Totally doesn't work with my duvet, so let's ignore that for now. Oh, and I found a small table yesterday that works with my TV components, so that area looks much nicer now.

With all shades closed, on this cloudy day:

The rest are shades open, some natural light coming in:

At the store:

Well, I think the rug is gorgeous. I had a synthetic area rug for a while and then changed to a wool one, no comparison as far as wear and durability, wool is superior so that is a consideration, if that helps justify it. Also, I love your blinds and fabric choices, both the birds one and the tree one.

Thanks! Wool vs. synthetic is purely a pricepoint issue. I'm not sure if he'd rather spend $200 or closer to 2K. They are giving me an amazing deal on this rug, though! ETA: most of the rugs in our house are wool hand-knotted. In our last house, that's what we had in our bedroom. (That rug is far too small for this room, and too dark. It's now one of three in the living room.)

I'm thinking of bartering and letting my husband have his choice of wall color -- he wants a creamy room.

I also wanted to add that I saw the wall sconce version of that simple/plain table lamp that I posted above. LOVE it, too. So will be planning to replace one of my torchieres with the table lamp on my dresser... someday!

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You know what; I just did the math. I saved us around $7500 (if not more) by making all the roman shades in this house. And my shades are probably nicer than what we would've paid for. I think this rug should be my reward! (The rug is <2k)

That rug is so beautiful! I love the colours and how it works with your fabric shades.

"I saved us around $7500 (if not more) by making all the roman shades in this house." Exactly! That's why I said I wish I could do that! The rug is beautiful, unfortunately it doesn't coordinate well with the tuxedo cat. I can provide my mailing address for the cat.

Is this better? ;) She provides a nice contrast with the blue blanket. My gray cat does, too, though I think she works better with the bird shades.

Notice her bit of white paw tucked by her cheek...

(I had to cover up the duvet... it looked so bad with the rug!)

It's perfect; plus, it looks like DH is outvoted 3:1 if if should come to a vote.

We're keeping it!!!!

He's very much not happy about the expense, and I feel terrible. :( I promised we'd hold off on any further changes indefinitely.

I do hope we can change the duvet sooner rather than later, but I'm not bringing that up now! On the plus side, I no longer hate the w/w carpeting, so we can keep it.

So here ends my MBR adventure. Thank you to all who gave advice!!!!

Enjoy your new rug and the revamped MBR!

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Well, I think the rug is gorgeous. I had a synthetic area rug for a while and then changed to a wool one, no comparison as far as wear and durability, wool is superior so that is a consideration, if that helps justify it.

pippiep

Thanks! Wool vs. synthetic is purely a pricepoint issue.

Wear and durability are pricepoint issues too -- if you go for synthetic instead of wool, you end up buying more rugs than you would if you started (and ended) with wool. Synthetic rugs need regular replacing, while wool rugs repel dirt and can, decades later, be resold or become family heirlooms that are handed down.

The problem is that we haven't stopped shoveling money into this house since we moved in a year and a half ago...

Good news, though -- my husband was very reluctant to keep it and pushed back a bit this morning, so I asked if they could lower the price. They did, by $200!

I love that place. My MIL does, too, and bought a few small rugs last time she was here.

As for my room, I can continue doing stuff that is free, like this sham with fabric I already had:

I might wash/dry a bit of the fabric to see if it would work as a duvet cover. I have 9 yards of it! It was going to be my LR shade fabric, but then I changed my mind because it looked purple in there.

Baby steps... we still haven't painted, but I did finally get the chaise I wanted all along! This was the corner before:

and now: