Saturday, September 29, 2012

New basement coffee table and rug shopping


We picked up a new coffee table today for the basement from Craigslist (IKEA IMFORS).  When I sent the CL listing to my husband, he asked, "Do we need a coffee table in the basement?"...I thought we did..or, that is, we do...and for $40, he was willing to try it out!

Now all we need is a new rug!

We removed the 8x10 jute rug that was under the couch, and put it in the nursery (I had enough of the squeaky floors).  We are looking for a replacement.  I am leaning towards cowhide, that is, if I can score one for around $200*.  Do you think cowhide and kids mix? We normally avoid drinking juice or eating anything sticky downstairs...

Here are other rugs I am drawn to:
Lanart Grey Hide Stripes Area rug at Home Depot. In person, it's NICE! (way nice).  It costs over $1000 - so, yah... not happening. 
I like the FAMILY rug from CB2.  However, $899 is too much to spend on something that will likely get dirty.  Accidents will happen.
The Olin rug at Crate and Barrel is nice (I haven't seen it in person), and the right price...what do you think of stripes? 


The Paxton Mink Rug, from Crate and Barrel, is another option.  Pretty neutral...

We are also exploring carpet remnants.  We checked out Alexanian. They don't keep scraps, so you have to custom order a rug. A carpet remnant with binding starts just under $300.  Home depot has carpet remnants for $79 - however, none of them were going to work in our space.  We we try a few more Home Depots and see what turns up (we went to the one in Leaside).

What rug do you think would work best the space? Do you have any rug recommendations? We want to avoid anything shaggy, or anything that might shed.  If you have a cowhide & kids - please let me know how that is working out!

 


11 comments:

  1. Have you considered the Stockholm Rand from Ikea? http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/80104862/
    I think it would look awesome, and it's $249!

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  2. Holy Cow! I totally forgot about that rug!!!
    It's a bit wooly though, does it shed? I will ask google!

    THANKS!

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  3. Cow hide is a bit much for the basement. I like the striped one or this (http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/40227902/#/40227902) from Ikea. STOCKHOLM Rand or ALVINE RUTA (which we have in our master bedroom) is not exactly soft for kids' knees plus it traps a lot of hairs and lint. It doesn't shed though if that's your main concern.

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  4. We bought a Home Depot bound remnant, 9 x 12, for $129. It was a Berber and showed ever single piece of lint, fluff or thread on it because it had no pile. After folding dark laundry I had to vacuum and after a sippy cup with faulty plug it was never the same. I would never recommend Berber with kids.

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  5. Giulia@fishlynews.comSeptember 30, 2012 at 2:31 PM

    Hide actually work REALLY well with kids because the natural oils in the hair don't let spills soak in, they just kind of sit on top. I have seen a hide patchwork rug like above at HomeSense.
    100% wool rugs are also very good wih kids(Rand), again, the oils in the wool keep spills of soaking in. We have a wool rug in our living room.

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  6. I didn't know that Homesense had rugs!!! We will check them out!

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  7. Ugh- lint is the worst...either the carpet sucks it up, or your kids pants are covered in it from the carpet - or both!!!!

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  8. Trapping lint will drive me batty!!!!

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  9. HOW DID I FORGET THIS!!!??!!

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  10. Love the shape and height of the new coffee table! Very different and matches your basement perfectly! Ya, homesense has a beautiful selection of area rugs for a pretty good price.

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