Thank you for your help everyone! A serged edge is actually more expensive--a serged edge is $4/lineal foot and a bound edge is $2/lineal foot. I think fringe is $4/lineal foot too--if I had gone with the fringe I was going to get a contrasting color. I have another question. We currently have a jute rug there which is falling apart. My husband wants a brown rug that is the close in color to the cushions on the chairs and I was thinking of something more jute colored. What do you ladies think? If you go to the link you will see a picture of table area plus a picture of the carpet sample that my husband likes-but the color in the picture is way off. Thanks! Here is a link that might be useful: Picture of the table and carpet sample

I will probably hear many voicing disapproval, But I have purchased some rugs that I consider to be nice from Home Depot. They are not hand made many 1000's of dollars nice but they are very nice for production rugs. They carry several brands and several price ranges. We have purchased 8 or 9 for in our 112 year old home. I have had many comments how nice they look, and they have been holding up well. HD often runs rug sales with free shipping to boot. I have purchased one or two that were store stocked, but most have been ordered on line. I have also purchased rugs for one bedroom from Amazon, and the ones I purchased were not the quality level of the ones i purchased from HD, how ever for the price they were and the lighter foot traffic in this bedroom, We are pleased with our purchases there as well!

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You can not "mimic" a plant fiber with anything that you will be able to clean. Nor one that will be soft. Babies do not remain babies. You can visit a local carpet remnant store, find a neutral broadloom remnant you like in something soft, and have it bound. To the inch you want. This stage of your life? It is SHORT, : ) You can also go to a very good broadloom store, and do the same thing from any more luxurious wool texture that IS soft, and will be in a texture /color you can love.. Triple your budget. Softest will be wool. Or double and a half the budget, Pottery barn below. wool, nylon and poly. - 1619.00 in 8 x 111 https://www.potterybarn.com/products/fitz-flatweave-rug-cream/?pkey=cshag-rugs&isx=0.0.3458