I love oriental rugs and have 7 of them, all smaller than yours. The first one is from Ispahan (spelled Esfahan now) in 1967 when my husband and I stopped there for a week, exhausted by our overland journey from Sweden, first by train, then by bus, then train again. We were going to India to join voluntary work camps organized by SCI, Service Civil International, originally a Swiss pacifist quaker organisation. We happened to make friends with a family of carpet dealers and bought two small carpets from them. They sent them by mail and they arrived several months later when we were already back home. We were away five months altogether. This rug was our only one for many years but we got more later, Persian, Afghan and Turkish. I don't have any photos of the Ispahan rug but this photo of the Moud garden rug from Iran is perhaps fitting on this forum?

Ingrid, everything looks lovely and so tasteful. I like all the pillow colors, but I favor the blue pillows a little more over the mauve pillows. What a good idea to use marjoram as an accent in your pretty bouquet. I never think of those types of plants in a flower arrangements, but I should. Diane

oh ingrid! i know this was supposed to be about your pillows, but your Mlle. Franziska Kruger is stunning! ( for what it's worth, i think the blue pillows add a pop of color and give your room a wow factor :-) )

I agree, the blue ones make the color pop, but I like them both, and purple is my favorite color.

Agree 100% with Mustbnuts!

How about the blue with the mauve? I love both colors...and really, none of these combos are “wrong.” You are indeed a tastemaker! :-)

My vote also goes with the blue :)

I, too, like both the blue and mauve pillows. The marjoram looks wonderful with the roses, a lovely combination.

You're all amazing. I'll post pictures in a little bit using both the blue and purple pillows without the yellow one, and I also really like mustbenut's idea of switching them around with the seasons. I'm glad we can all agree on Mlle. Franziska Mueller's loveliness. Come to think of it, her colors would really work well in that room too.

Here we go, and I rather like this combo. The large yellow and blue pillow has found a better home, I think, in the living room.

Perfect!

Yes! I love this last combination. Such a luscious color mix.

You've all helped me decide; I also like the two colors mixed together. I'm not sure I would have thought of this on my own, to tell the truth. My office to the left of the settee has a blue carpet so that ties it all together. Problem solved, and the yellow pillow I removed looks great in the living room. It's all good!

I may well rotate pillows at some point because I'm forever changing things around. Lucky you to have a mom who paints. I have way too many paintings but I haven't rotated them much because of the problem of different sizes and the nail placements. I have so many holes in my walls already that need to be covered up with cunning picture placements.

Perfection Ingrid, so well done.

Really beautiful, but I liked the others as well, especially the mauve with the saffron pillow. I change mine out seasonally and swap them out with those in other rooms, too. It's an easy switch.

Beautiful choices, Ingrid! Either color goes well with the rug. I just now noticed this post for the first time. I was originally going to say that I preferred the mauve, over the blue. When I saw the pictures of the last combination, I changed my mind. What a lovely trio the three colors are together! The small yellow pillow perfectly offsets, AND ties the other two colors together. I’m horrible at home decorating myself, but I know what looks tasteful when I see it; definitely tasteful. Big thumbs up on those last two photos! Lisa