Help Selecting a Rug...
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 1:47PM
I have a client that found this great photograph above. We are going to have it made into a painting. I know a great graphic designer that is also an artist. She will take the photograph, make it look like a painting on the computer, have it printed on canvass and then add oil paints. It is much less expensive than a piece of original artwork, but will certainly look like the real deal. Anyway- I am asking for your help in finding a rug for her. I have some below- I want to know what your favorites are. The sofa is a forest green- solid color.
#1. Chandra Rug. I loved the colors that some of the new Amy Butler rugs had. They bring in the forest green, and are so fresh and fun. What a great statement.
#2 Poppy Fields by Amy Butler
#3 Temple Garland by Amy Butler
#4 Stripe Rug. I wanted to give her a variety of looks as well as prices. This is made of Derclon. I am a wool snob myself, but synthetics are looking more and more like wool all the time. This is also going to be about 1/4 the price.
# 5 Lyrical Rug. Here is another less expensive option, this one made of polypropelene.
#6 This is a vine blue/green tufted wool rug from Dash and Albert. It falls right in the middle with pricing.
Just a little reminder what that picture looked like...
#7 This is the Coventry Rug by Amy Butler. I love how it brings in a punch of the gold from the bottom of the photo. Certanily one of my favorites.
#8- Just in case I am totally scaring Carey, here is a conservative stripe that would also work just fine. Also from Dash and Albert.
#9 The Lyrical rug from above came in two colors and both actually work with the color pallet from the photo.
So- there we go- After hours of searching, these were my favorites. Anyone out there have a favorite of my favorites? Have any other rugs to show her that I didn't list here? We'll select drapery fabric after this that can help to unify everything.
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Reader Comments (9)
I love number 9. I have a painting I love with similiar colors, mostly greens, yellows and browns, with dusty blue in the background. I was hoping to pull to blue out of the background and make a color palette with green and blue and a sprinkle of coral, so I am so glad to see that a mostly blue rug that goes with a mostly green painting. One of these days I will send my own picture. I LOVE your website and the advice you give out to us novices.
So here's what I did. I pasted all of the pictures on my desktop and then compared each rug to the photograph to see which rug gave me the right vibe and I narrowed it down to two.
#1 Chandra Rug
#7 Coventry Rug
The Lyrical and striped rugs I eliminated almost right away. The Vine Blue/Green rug would work but I think it would feel heavy with the green sofa and I wanted to see some cream in it to help me breathe. The Poppy Field is also nice but I feel it has too much green for my liking and the pattern is in large blocks and I prefer more background to show. The Temple Garland I like as well but with this one I feel it's too formal, or strong, compared to the natural feel of the photograph - I'm not sure why but for some reason this one didn't feel right.
Isn't it funny how we interpret rugs? :)
# 7 is my favorite
#5 is my runner up
#2 is my favorite, but I don't know if it's the best one for the photo, maybe #1 is a better fit
I too love #1 and #7. Leaning a bit more toward #7. The colors are beautiful and the designs are bold but still pretty. The stripes are too cold feeling for me, and combined with the picture, there would be too many vertical lines. The Lyrical rugs are overly busy and fussy for my taste. I'm guessing that the artist can change the colors of the picture to better coordinate with the colors of the rug that you choose. Wouldn't that be great.
#7
#7!
All rugs are beautiful. But l love number 8.
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