Running Out of Space? - No Such Thing!

It's been awhile since we posted on our blog page and it's nice to be back on track. 

When I think of all the wonderful people who come and go through our store, I think of all the ways I have heard of how people integrate the rugs they love into their homes and existing decor. People are very creative and it appears that when someone finds a rug they love, they will go to great effort to "find a place for it", move things around, get rid of another rug they are tired of, come up with new ideas for how to use a rug. 

Earlier this spring a rug lover was complaining that she had a house full of rugs and was struggling to justify yet another rug purchase and find a place for it/them, a prominent place, of course since these were going to be her newest prizes. We talked and talked She rearranged her house several times in her mind and out loud. She even redecorated her house out loud a couple of times before she came up with a plan. She simply decided to adopt the overlapping rug decorating style, something she had never thought of before. None of her current rugs would have to find new homes. A few were going to be moved to new rooms. And her new rugs would be woven into her collection by assuming the place of honor - the top rugs in several overlapping clusters in different rooms. She thought she would go with the random overlap, rather than symmetrically placed overlap. She even liked the idea that she could rearrange the clusters and put different rugs on top from time to time. The clusters could be spun toface different directions. Refreshing! And, no padding needed since the rugs padded eachother! Off she went with her rugs and no guilt. A few weeks later she stopped in to say she loved her new rugs and even more, she loved her new overlapping rug decorating technique! So, when you run out of horizontal space - think vertical! Endless possibilities!

I'll be back with more decorating stories soon. Feel free to post yours!