What size rug in my kitchen?
Hey everyone, I'm stalking ebay for a vintage persian rug or rugs for my kitchen, but I'm rethinking what size I need:
Here's the layout
And some pics. The current rugs are there temporarily to help the dog who just had surgery. The braided rug is 5x8. Also remodel still isn't quite finished yet.
One option is a squarish rug for the fridge-sink-bar area, where the braided rug is now. That's the most visible area in the kitchen, where I think it could really be the star.
Or I could do a long runner to go from the back door along the entire cabinet run in front of sink/range to the fridge (wider and longer than the wimpy runner that's there). I think this would define the kitchen part and protect the floor in front of the work zone. Also wouldn't cover as much of the new expensive oak floors :) Here's one I lost on ebay which would've been long enough for that whole area:
Ultimately I might end up with 2 rugs, but want to buy 1 first, see how things look and add another (plainer, not-persian) one to coordinate if needed. What would you do?
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6 years ago
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoWell, I think a real Persian will look wonderful - I've had wool in the kitchen before and it worked fine, but I don't have access to a rug cleaning company, so it was a pain to haul it 100 miles for cleaning, plus a pretty big expense, so I've defaulted to poly and am happy with it. Lots of people here have ordered from esalerugs.com and been happy. Free shipping and returns. Most runners in the Oriental style are one of a kind, but they have hundreds....just an example
3' 6 x 12' 10 Meshkin Persian Runner Rug $699
3'6" x 12'11" $539:
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoOk, well cruise through esale - I don't know how to compare quality - I doubt they are top quality, but maybe good enough. You can filter by price, size and style. There were 22 pages of runners, tribal style under $200. I didn't look too far, but for example this came up - I'm sure there are others:
2' x 9' Sumak $199
2' x 9' 5" Sumak Runner Rug $199
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