I also want to say I love you curtain choices. What does your furniture look like? What other colors are in the space?

My first thought was also sisal.

PS I love Buffalo plaid and no one ever regrets blue and white!

I‘m a big fan of mixing patterns, but it just depends on everything else in the room and what style you’re going for.

I’m loving your curtain choices!

Daisy, my walls are BM Anjou Pear-- it is a chameleon but mostly a muddy chartreuse gold. I recently discovered I love navy with it!

Mtn, I love the LOOK of sisal. I didn't even think of a wool or chenille blend (smacking head). That may be the answer for me.

No photos of the room-- it's in flux (and a mess). The furniture is brown leather but will replace the sofa later this year a fabric (likely flax or blue woven). Hardwood floors-- medium brown oak. Large (40 x 60") wood chest and all other occasional pieces are wood. Coffee table is a repurposed antique quilt frame with a glass top (to be replaced). I'd like to add a painted piece or two. I change pillows out often-- currently they are various green/dark turquoise patterns.

I did want a pattern but i think a sisal blend is the answer. I am craving a simple/fresh look. Sisal gives me that and it will continue to work if/when I want to change out textiles and furniture. I'll check out S&L too. I thought I would find what I wanted at Annie Selke but i didnt. I love Dash and Albert-- but not for the LR.

Thanks much all! Ah.. and i just received a text that my curtain delivery is delayed (snow!). I just want to know if i like the curtains IRL. They are pretty inexpensive -- i just hope they don't LOOK inexpensive.

I do think you *could* do a pattern if you wanted. You could also look at Coastal Living, which always has a lot of blue and white.If you so the chenille sisal-look route, order a 2x3first to see if you like it.

Just want to thank you all again-- youre posting faster than I can respond :)

I love the last rug you posted, Local-- but I don't want to go dark. I want a lighter mood. I may change my mind when i replace the dark leather.

Ooo, I love Anjou Pear paint! You have to show us pictures when you can. :)

Reminds me of when GW had the ”gallery” forum and Oceanna had a green paint thread there.

OK I needed a diversion from the fact my son is out driving in a blizzard, so played paper dolls

I have a love/hate relationship with the anjou pear. I love that it is a chameleon (green at night, gold in the daytime) but it can go muddy when it is gray out. I really don't want to take on repainting right now so the switch to navy is my attempt to perk it up!

I have a number of projects planned for the next few months -- I will definitely post photos along the way. I have some old photos from after the floors were refinished, I'll see if i can dig them up.

Ha Local-- I actually looked at that rug but nixed it when i realized I chose it only because it would work with the curtains. I am not a fan of the pattern-- love the pillows!

And sorry you are stressed about your son-- hope he arrives safely soon!

I do not use alot of rugs as we love our wood floors to show. But in our sunroom (not wood floor), I have a large sisal look (patterned) rug that we really like. It's comfy on the feet. : )

@Funkyart - he's home. Thanks for your concern. Lots of snow coming...............

ok, I am pretty set on the sisal blend-- i like the look and the texture.

My question is this-- I spill. I have major depth perception issues and it makes me clumsy. Just yesterday I tripped on my own slippered feet and fell to my knees (falling is rare but since it just happened, it's fresh in my mind). Luckily i wasn't carrying coffee-- but i very easily could have been!

Is sisal easy to clean? Is there a natural fiber blend that is easiest to clean? Typically my spills would be coffee, water or iced tea... not likely food stains.

IME cleanability of rugs varies a lot and is hard to predict.

I have a faded oushak Ruggable runner in front of my K sink and I love it. They just came out with a jute Ruggable. Reviewers say it is soft . https://ruggable.com/products/flatwoven-warm-sand-re-jute-rug?size=5x7

I like the idea of a ruggable--- and most of my hesitations around the quality of a washable rug were put to rest when you, lynn and others incorporated them into your homes.

It would be a good way to try out a sisal too-- if i decided i didn't like it, it could easily find a home in the basement. Unfortunately, the largest size is 6 x 9. Darn. I would need at least 8 x 10. My current rug is 8 x 12.

My current rug is an oushak wool flat weave -- i really like the style. I'll have to check out other ruggable designs.

Also, while I am sitting here I am looking at rugs, my niece is texting photos of puppies-- she really wants us to get littermates. A puppy is another reason to look at a rug that is easily cleaned (for the record: a puppy is NOT happening until spring/summer).

ooh a puppy!

Are you up to date on the blue white Hastens vs Coco & Dash lawsuit? It's insane. Here is an article. According to Hastens, your blue and white buffalo check is a copyright infringement. Any size/pattern of blue and white would be. Nuts.

Have you looked at indoor/outdoor rugs? So many people are buying them now for their LR, and I plan to do the same. They have bolder colors.

Love the curtains and I like the white!

Puppy pictures please!!!!

Be strong. No new rug until pupoy is housebroken.

Maybe something like this?

This is a Stark Studio Rug Deerfield Rug, in Stone gray/White Gray combo color (I think). A little more forgiving on showing wiped up stains.

ETA: In the photo, the deeper gray looks like it has a slight lean of blue in the gray (on my monitor). I think you can get a sample. On other sites this rug looks much darker when shown not in a room. In these photos there is a lot of natural light. Love it!

ETA again: looks like that color might be sold out on most sites. However, because you are such a style deva you could do a larger sisal and layer a smaller stark rug on top when it is available.

I have never used FLOR, but whoever does their photo shoots does a great job:

Thanks all-- this is just a flyby but i will return later this weekend. You all really allowed me to open my mind and see options. Much appreciated!

Allison, that is crazy! I haven't been following.. this is the first I've heard of it.

JT, i love the antelope patterns but not the stripes. I could see it under a bed or a dining table but the stripes would drive me batty in the LR.

Not sure about Flor tiles-- but you're right, Arapaho. Their marketing/styling folks do a good job. They look interesting.

I will share puppy photos when it is a reality -- we're months from that point.

I understand. I edited above again suggesting a larger sisal and a smaller stark layered on top where it would only come out two' or so around the coffee table. It seems to be sold out on most sites in that color right now anyway.

Here are a few that may interest you.

Oh my gosh, I absolutely LOVE both your new curtains and drapes! My suggestion would be to go with a tan rug. I do love my Ruggable and mine has worn and washed wonderfully, but if you can't find something that works through them, I would look for a tan rug of some kind.

I am now following this because I have (tons of ) navy in my living room and am sort of looking for a rug. Someone had suggested sisal and I only though that was the straw or jute kind which I think is very nice but would not work for my home with a very crumb making DH and a very drooly and sheddy dog. Now that you are saying it could be a softer woven ( like that could be vacuumed??) I might need to re-consider.

I have a sisal rug and a puppy. They stain, at least mine does, terribly. It now has a pee stain even though I cleaned it up immediately. And the puppy chews on it . . . sigh.

How about a sisal-look indoor-outdoor rug? That’s what I’d do if I were thinking about a puppy. Here are a few.

ballard:

pottery barn:

I like the first and third rugs that Nuts showed and the last one that Sueb showed.

Puppies love to chew fringe. Just sayin . . . sigh. Our Josie has discovered my beautiful pristine braided rug with the fringe ends. It's no longer pristine, I can't keep her away from it. Sigh. She leaves a rug alone for a while, but always circles back. We tell her no, which only works for a minute or two . . . I put a rug away for a while, put it back and she is ok but then gets bored and remembers how fun it is to chew. And she has GAZILLIONS of chew toys and gets lots of play and exercise. I swear our pup could chew nonstop day in and day out. She's obsessed, even though we play lots of other games with her and take her for walks, etc. But it's always back to the chewing . . . and she's already got all her grown up teeth too, it was even worse earlier on . . . sigh.

Sorry i was MIA much of the evening/night. Nuts, I do like some of those rugs but I don't think I want to go full on navy/white on the rug as well as the curtains. I'll sleep on it but I think the sisal look is more the look I am going for.

I hadn't seriously considered indoor/outdoor but it might not be a bad idea given the inevitable coffee dribbles. I don't see many high quality indoor/outdoor rugs here but there's a PB outlet about an hour away. I should try to go check them out there (PB is about double the distance away-- but doable).

I don't know that I will get an actual puppy... I prefer to rescue so I will be open to age. That said, any dog will have the potential to muck up a rug whether mud or otherwise. I haven't had a dog who chewed rugs-- other things-- but never my rugs. I guess that is something to consider but it's not the only thing i will consider. The beauty of a rug is that if i need to swap it out or pull it for a few months while training a dog, I can.

And, I am still not sure if i am ready for a dog. *I* am not actively looking (my niece is looking). There is a lot to consider since i do not drive.

Funky, I most always rescue dogs that are around one year old, still puppy-ish but potty train fast.

You could always just buy a cheap rug and layer on top of a sisal . I recently found a rug to go with my green chesterfield sofa by accident when looking for a coffee table on FB market place. I didn’t like the coffee table in photo but found the rug on rugs . com for $149 including shipping. It came in two days and was nicer than expected. Because it was so cheap I’m going to buy another as a backup. I’ll need it as I have two dogs and a messy husband. Some times if you make an account on a site first and then let a rug sit in your cart you will get discounts emailed to you to prompt a sale.

I bought a rug slightly wider than the width of the sofa but not as big as I would buy normally. The plan is to layer on top of a sisal for my future green and coral living room. I’m hoping to find a long but narrow waterfall coffee table or something that has chow legs but more narrow and a bit contemporary.

Just over here drooling over JT’s velvet sofa and animal prints. 😍

Jinx, thank you but this is an ad from a FB market place seller of the coffee table shown. I have a green leather chesterfield. That man's sell ad prompted me on a search for his rug. I found it on rugs . com on sale, cheap. I loved the way it looked with his green velvet sofa. It's fun finding something that works, by accident.

How cool that you found and tracked down the rug from a CL ad for the table! LOL. Love it!

Sorry, JT, I was remembering you had a green sofa, but forgot it wasn’t velvet! Love yours, too. :)

A more stain resistant alternative to sisal is seagrass. I bought a 9x12 banded seagrass rug from Overstock over 10 years ago for the sitting area of my open kitchen. It has survived many family get togethers, teen parties, coffee spills and a rescue dog. DH and I are always amazed at how well it has held up. It was meant to be a temporary fix, but it has outlasted almost every other area rug in the entry, hall, kitchen etc. It wouldn't be as soft as a sisal look rug, but I find it comfortable even with bare feet. You could get a large one inexpensively and use it as a base to layer smaller area rugs. Here's my rug and a link:

Basketweave Seagrass Rug

Teeda, such a lovely sitting area! I need that fabulous glass table. :)

Thanks Jinx, a thrifted find!

Interesting-- I wouldn't have thought that seagrass would wear so well. I want to go look at the PB rugs but the seagrass is inexpensive enough that it might make sense to get one as a placeholder until i have the whole room pulled together. Of course, I may opt to keep it but if I change directions, I won't fret the cost-- besides, an 8 x 10 natural fiber rug can easily move to another room.

Lots to think about. I still need to order curtain hardware (waiting to confirm that I like the curtains IRL) and rearrange a few things... but today I think I'll take a break and bake some cookies for a friend and read a book!

*hoping I’m the friend she’s talking about*

I'm pleasantly surprised as well Funky. I really didn't do much research when I bought it--just liked the look and the price was right. Before I posted to suggest it I googled a bit and found several sites recommending seagrass for durability. Seagrass vs. Sisal

Gotta thank you Teeda!! That rug is just like the one my puppy ruined, so I would like a replacement. So maybe I was wrong, maybe my rug is sisal. I have been looking and looking for one with a BLACK border. Previously all the ones I found had the beige border. I have so loved the rug and it goes perfectly with the Japanese vibe in my home. Thanks again!

Now, on topic, I will say that the selection of "indoor/outdoor" rugs is amazingly vast, compared to what I remember from earlier times. I think that is because more and more folks are taking a pass on wall to wall carpet, for at least one reason. The indoor outdoor rug that I put over our cream colored family room carpet has held up well to the puppy, she is less inclined to chew it because it doesn't have the appealing loose edges . . . although she does have the annoying habit of rubbing her face along the carpet and seeking out any gaps in the coverage of the area rugs, so as to rub right on the light cream berber . . . sigh. For a small dog, our Josie is remarkably destructive and we try and try every strategy to make her a good home citizen. About 60% of the time she is fine, but then she thinks of new ways to be naughty. We try to keep her busy and one step ahead of her, but it is relentless. Part of this is my husband not being willing to put her in a crate or pen for any amount of time, even though she is fine with it. Sigh. If I were single no way would I put up with allowing her free reign of the house all the time. I simply could not afford to monitor her 24/7 while working.

From Veranda Magazine

Link $155

@Funkyart saw this picture and thought of you and this thread. It is from Arkansas at Home

Ah .. thank you, bbstx. I had a vision of a formal, very matchy matchy room when I envisioned a blue pattern rug. The photo above is definitely more formal than my home-- but not so much so that I can't imagine similar in my LR. I DO think i could make a blue rug work.. so I am back on the fence lol.

What I like best is seeing the buffalo check in the mix-- I really do love the combo and I think it's going to work well for me!

Funky, I have looked at that rug trying to decide what it actually looks like. I think it is a dark blue and pale gold Chinese-style rug, somewhat similar to this

Here is the link to the full article https://athomearkansas.com/article/traditional-transformed/. The designer is Tobi Fairley. Credit for the flooring and rugs was given to C&F Flooring but I don’t know if that included the DR rug.

Btw, rugs like this come up on FB Marketplace and ebay often.