What We’d Tell a Friend Buying a Round Rug
If a friend asked us about round rugs, the first thing we’d have to admit is that half the office thinks a circle in a square room looks deliberate and…
The Shaggy Rug We’d Skip Next Time
A delivery driver said it first, actually, dropping the thing off in a bag roughly the size of a duvet and asking if we were “doing the whole floor in…
The Runner Rug We Still Have and Still Like
We spent about four months arguing over whether the hallway runner should be dark or pale before the actual argument got settled for us, by a dog nobody had yet…
The Machine Washable Rug We Still Have and Still Like
Someone on the team finally admitted, unprompted, that they spent two years telling everyone the beige one was a mistake and it wasn’t, they just hadn’t washed it right. That’s…
Is a Gray Rug Really Worth the Money?
The argument went on for the better part of a year, one side insisting gray rugs are a scam dressed up as neutral, the other side insisting gray is the…
Living With a Floral Rug: The Honest Version
Half of us think a floral rug makes a room look like someone lives there on purpose. The other half think it makes a room look like a granny sold…
A Distressed Rug Six Months In
One person on this team has walked muddy boots straight across the distressed rug four separate times since it arrived and shown no remorse about a single one of them.…
Rug Doctor on an Area Rug
I rent a Rug Doctor about four times a year, which sounds like nothing until you do the math on what that’s cost me since 2019, and I did the…
Round Rug, Rectangle Table: Odd Couple?
I own seven rugs right now. Seven. Two are rolled up under the porch getting slightly damp because I haven’t dealt with them, one has been in the back of…
Area Rugs in a Home Washer: Probably the Wrong Tool
Okay so it’s a Tuesday, I’m doing normal human laundry, and I’m standing in front of my machine holding my kitchen runner going “this is basically a big towel, right?”…