Magic Carpet Ride
I have yet to settle on the perfect rug for my living room. I keep thinking that I’ve found the one and then I find another the one.
My latest obsession has been over dyed oriental rugs. Over dyed rugs came into fame a couple of years ago. They are vintage oriental or kilim rugs that would have been thrown out due to stains, etc. Instead of heading to a landfill they have all of their color removed and then they are over dyed in bright hues. The results are breath taking. ABC Home carries them and I visit them from time to time. Due to the labor intensive process of removing and adding color they are pretty pricey.
One of my tasks at High Point was to find a vendor that sold them and could make my wishes come true. A couple of companies had them, but the best one was Nomadic Trading. They had the biggest variety, the best prices and the sweetest owner. I even managed to sweet talk him into a special 30th birthday price for me! (I turn 30 in May and while I was trying to ignore it for most of this year I’m now embracing it.)
Check out some of my favorites:
I love the solid ones the best and I’m leaning towards a dark pink or yellow one. We will shall what Jon thinks of them. Surprise honey!
Tell me what you think.
Leave a Reply
get inspired with our own home tour
ON THE BLOG
My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
Indecision is the curse of being an interior decorator when it comes to your own home!!! LOVE that shade of blue. Good luck picking! 🙂
I’ve always loved them but don’t think I will be able to afford one – maybe ten years later when someone unloads one on Craig’s List! Can’t wait to see it in your home, it will look fabulous.
I absolutely adore these. Stunning! Can’t wait to hear what your husband thinks. Fingers crossed for you!
They are gorgeous! Love the bright, saturated jewel tones! BTW, I did notice a few weeks back that there were some overdyed rugs on Ebay…it may be worth a look!
Just to follow up on what I just wrote: here’s the seller’s details:
http://stores.ebay.com/ANGEL-RUGS/Over-dyed-carpet-/_i.html?_fsub=2099331017&_sid=789197707&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322
I am absolutely smitten with these rugs. First they are stunning looking and second that they are old rugs given a new life. I blogged about them a couple of times myself! There is also an etsy vendor who sells them: http://www.etsy.com/shop/PachaRugs?ref=seller_info
I hope you land a good deall on one, keep us posted!
Cathy
Love the pink and yellow! Such a fun twist on the traditional. Makes me want to swap my bedroom carpet for one of these.
love those!! what a great 30th birthday present for sure! That bright green one is calling my name
These are insane. I’d never heard of these rugs before. Heading over to Nomadic now. Thanks Doll!
Wow, love those. Hadn’t heard of that. Good to note. Thanks! Can’t wait to see what you decide on.
I love the green one, oh and the pink one! Now I need one.