ok I made a mistake and didn't post this in multiple forums; is there a way to share it without re-posting an identical post?

I really like the first rug you posted, and I think the 4th also works with the color scheme and look you described. Blue/orange/green/charcoal sound great. I think that the purple and pink of the 2nd and 3rd rugs add a monkey wrench to the mix that will make just make your life harder.

Thanks cwaps -- I think the first rug is my favorite! Good point about purple/pink. I like purple but I really want the house to feel cohesive so need to limit the color scheme.

Any advice on best ways to post now that Houzz is handling things? We'll be moving in soon and I suspect I will have LOTS of posts. I am seriously considering hiring someone to help me develop a design plan.

so..taking into account you're very drawn to the wallpaper..and given very warm kitchen colors..and your intention to introduce some warm blues or greens...number 1 might work but the palette might be a bit too tight..number 2-shades are too cool, for what's already there..thus, will be harder to tie things together..number 4..can work but might demand a lot of effort..to me, number 3 is the best candidate out of all of them. It contains (rather, seems to contain since I can't see your space..I remember some of it of course, but not sure my memory i such a great one)..seems to contain the colors you have plus the colors you'd like to have, and does so quite gracefully.

Thanks April! I'm actually looking for two area rugs--one for the tv watching space and another for the sitting room off the entry. The rooms are open to each other but I think seating in the tv space will block view of the rug unless one is actually in the room.

Should both rugs match or coordinate? Could the rug that's less visible be mostly orange, and the other be more of the full palette?

Coordination almost always work better, especially with patterned rugs. Or so I think.

(unless you use same fabric for everything in your room trying to create a very specific effect, but then you go big and use it everywhere, and it's quite complicated. Wallpaper, fabric, drapery, bedding -everything same pattern. Can be amazing, but rarely involves a rug too, although I saw an exception once..and I don't think that's your intention. Best for bedrooms too. Smaller rooms. when one wants to get this enveloping cocooning feel)

So yes, I think it can work really well. But you must see them in person. The rugs and colors on them.

So I'd check the return policy if you going to order these(or other) rugs..and if it's not very convenient and lots of costs apply for returning and restocking, giving these are quite large, then I'd order the smallest sizes available to look at colors and in general to check how they feel. Because representation is not always right, and also because some things you can't feel or discern unless they are in your space and you look at them next to each other and next to other things that are already there.

One rug seems more vivid and has clearer colors than the other. But it can be fine still. Or the opposite will be true. Or they both look slightly different irl. Or one of them does.

I ordered two rugs once (small ones, for a bath)..from different websites. One looked exactly like the picture. Another one..well, let's say they got right the fact that's it's a rug. Lol. The rest was all wrong.I sent them the real picture of that rug, and luckily they didn't charge anything for me to return it.