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help us find some rustic rugs and furniture please. moving from suburban semi to country cottage

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JandLandG · 08/02/2009 21:37

lucky us...we're just about to move into a lovely old cottage, great countryside, open fire, exposed beams, nice nooks and crannies, the lot...

the living room has a big stone floor in front of the fire, so we need a floor covering for there..the owners are letting it unfurnished and are taking their nice old rugs.

any thoughts on where we could get something suitable?

its a pretty big area...say the length of a three seat sofa squared...to go with our very non-rustic urban-chic(!) dark brown leather sofas. was thinking dark purply as a predominant colour...but not necessarily

the room has off white walls and that nice green grey farrow and ball colour on a couple of bits of architrave...

all suggestions appreciated...ebay/gumtree hasn't got much, other sources? don't mind second hand. don't really want to pay a fortune cos its only temporary really...the lease is for a year. also more rugs/runners for nice wood floors al round the house...i fear this might be costly!

come to think of it, none of our habitat/ikea type furniture will look any good in this place...where to buy nice rustic chests of drawers etc etc

many thanks in advance

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Poledra · 08/02/2009 22:30

Get thee to an auction house! We have a 300-year-old cottage, and furnished quite a bit from auctions. It takes a bit longer but you get some unique stuff. Have a look here to see what's local to you.

Enjoy (auctions can get quite addictive )

JandLandG · 08/02/2009 22:47

thanks, pol...mmmm, maybe all those mornings watching that orange fella on the telly might come in handy after all!

never ventured into that world tbh....maybe.

and also, because it's only a temporary rental, we want to get things sorted quicte quickly really...not ideal, but don't want to spend a huge amount of time and money on something temporary...i'd hope to buy again later this year.

will look into it though

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Poledra · 08/02/2009 22:52

Ah, OK, didn't understand the temporary nature of your move. Auction would probably take way too long in that case. Shame - go anyway, they're good fun

JandLandG · 08/02/2009 22:59

hee hee...ok, will do!

friends of ours have furnished their house over the last few years with auction/antique shop things...and its really nice.

but it's taking a while...for ages, their house was virtually empty! seemed very bare in a lovely victorian villa with high ceilings etc...we wouldn't have the patience, i don't think.

but we did regret buying some stuff in a bit of a dash to have everything all done and nice and finished...the aforementioned brown leather sofas were never that comfy!

anyway, we'll see what happens....the rugs are the top priority...keep those suggestions coming, please, everyone

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JandLandG · 09/02/2009 12:22

thanks for last night's, thoughts...any daytime mners help me out on this one?

many thanks

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JandLandG · 09/02/2009 19:38

any eveningtime mners have any ideas for me please?

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