I love it. And the silk/wool Iranian carpet that I received from inlaws as a wedding present sits in our family room, where our 2 crazy boys have done every possible damage to it, without any lasting problems. Once a year we send it out and it comes back looking like a beautiful new carpet. BUT I will also confess that in our current pre-renovation galley kitchen, we use a small 3x5ish sized carpet that came as an extra with one of our nicer carpets, and I don't love having a rug with pile there because it makes cleanup more obscure and difficult. I have a 100 year old kilim in our breakfast room that sees tons of spills, and it definitely cleans up more easily. I've been planning to find a kilim for my new kitchen. For me, if it were a choice between storage and using it in the kitchen, the kitchen would win hands down. But definitely go into it with an awareness of the occasional unpleasantness of cleaning up spills.

I remember when you got those new sofas and how much I loved them. Now, with your beautiful wood flooring, everything is looking super! I feel a rug would go nicely, there. You have already received lots of good advice & suggestions from other posters. I'll throw in another option for you to consider. For my home, I've used washable Latex backed rugs from JCPenney. I know many people will cringe at the mention of Latex backing in contact with wood floors. I've heard that some factory pre-finished floors will be fine with these (Latex backed) types of rugs. I'm keeping a close eye as the months go by and so far (it's been 1 year), all is good. My floors are engineered wood by Lauzon. These rugs are not as plush as other more expensive rugs, but they are fine for me. I have not had the need to wash them, yet. When I do, I'll try the smaller one (5'x8' family room) first and see how it goes. I'll use a commercial front load "mega capacity" washer & then hang to dry. The 8 x 10 living room may just need to be washed by hand/hose in the backyard one sunny day. If you have a JC Penney near by, rugs can be returned if you don't like them. Also, don't pay full price! JCP always has sales. My 5 x 8 Double Border rug was $170, the 8x10 Majestic Scroll was $220 (including tax & free ship). The fibers are Nylon and they are made in the U.S.A. These rugs are not absorbing dirt hardly at all. My Olefin fiber rug in the entry (ordered from an online rug store) became dirty looking after only 3 months : ( I also do not like the feel of the Olefin rug. Pictured below is the 8 x 10 JCPenney Majestic Scroll rug (color: Sand) in my living room. I don't have a coffee table or ottoman, yet. This open space is where grand baby practices rolling over & his toddler cousin builds Lego creations : ) Here is a link that might be useful: JCPenney Rugs

I'm sorry, but I have to say I don't like the navy (or the camel). The rug color is more a royal blue, i.e.: a warm blue and the navy is a whole other blue, and IMO, they clash. I also, again, think it is just too much saturation of blue. Like NSM's chandy and think it would look great in your dining alcove. I do think you should paint those French doors the same color as the trim, regardless of what color you paint the walls. If you go with the chocolate brown, consider painting the chairs silver. If you go with a light color, I'd paint them black. The silver will compliment the glass top, and the black will go with the base. Btw, it is sounding to me like you have made up your mind and that you really want to do it in the Midsummer Night. It's not a lot of wall area, so you're not investing a whole lot in paint here. You can paint it in the color you want, get it all set up with the new chandy, painted chairs, artwork, live with it for a month (or some agreed-upon time limit) and if your husband (or you, for that matter) still really doesn't like it, you can always repaint it.

I don't like the dark one that much against that chocolate wall...the red is striking but only if you are going with some red accents in that room. I do disagree, however, with picking a rug AFTER the furniture. I think you are doing it correctly. It will be SO difficult to find a rug after you have picked out your furniture because matching everything with one rug is a lot harder than you think. I know cuz I did it that way! It took me over a year and it's still not a perfect match. If I had picked out the rug first, I could have matched fabric samples to it which would would have been much easier.