Daily Archives: August 26, 2009

This post is mostly for my mom who lives several hours away and can’t drop by my house to see exactly what I’ve been trying to explain to her for the last two days. Also,since Kellie posted about decorating decisions not too long ago, it must just be the cool thing to do right now. And I really want to be cool, so here goes.

We’re in the process of redecorating our living. Actually, we’re re-doing our kitchen, too, but today is about the living room. Specifically the rug. A friend took me to a glorious shop where I found a rug I adore. After some back and forth and a final granted permission of “I trust you; you can do whatever you like,” I ordered this puppy online for a third of the price storefront. It was a bit of a headache, but worth the money saved. Anyway, the sample rug (from the store) looked like this:

The rug I bought looks like this.

It’s obviously the same pattern (though larger to fit the room), but the colors are different. And I really like the colors the way they were.

Mine has yellow where the pale blue should be, grey where the cream should be, and orange where the yellow should be.

The first one felt folksy and Celtic. The second one feels more Native American.

So here’s my question for all of you: How big of a deal is this? Did I order the wrong rug? Should I send it back? Or am I making a big deal out of nothing. I really, really liked the pale blue and now I don’t have it anywhere.

Suggestions, please!