Please find me a rug for the living room!

[SunnyUpNorth]

We have been slowly doing up out living room. We are almost done but have been hunting for a rug for months and cannot find one. My 7 month old is constantly rolling around on the hard wooden floor and I keep wishing I had a nice soft rug for him. Plus it would be good to have it sorted before winter to make the room more cosy.

I don't really like shagpile, and don't really want to go down the Persian route. We are fairly conservative in our taste although would consider a pattern. I have seen the beautiful rugs on those rug builder websites and would definitely consider those. But the are quite pricey and all of them have a looped pile. I presume tufted (is that the right word?!) would be easier to clean with a toddler and baby?

So colour scheme is:

walls

curtains in pearls grey under the patterned fabric section

We have two sofas. One is a natural linen in a beigey colour and one is a light brown herringbone, both quite classic styles.

The only rug I have found that I thought might pull everything together quite well was from the Martha Stewart home website in the US but they wouldn't ship here and when I looked into one of the shipping companies it would have cost a fortune. It is a big risk for something you can't see in the flesh.

It needs to be quite large, around 230cm x 220cm give or take a few cm.

This rug which is actually not very me at all but I saw it in a picture of a dining room somewhere like houzz and thought it would tie things together quite well.

have you looked at the ikea rugs - I got an amazing geometric grey/white/black one about 6 months ago and I totally love it. very low pile - maybe flat woven??? - and fine with a toddler and a baby.
the good ones sell out very quickly - there was another one I wanted I think it's called Stockholm - and it's never in stock.
I also like the rugs at Made - although they maybe a little bit busy for you.
and yes shipping by US isn't ideal - I got some curtains from pottery barn and had to ship them all back.
jonathan adler have a great rug building service on their website but they are crazy expensive.....so maybe that's a no no with young kids.

Thanks cooper. I have looked at ikea a few times but haven't seen anything that would suit that room. I do need a rug for my baby's room and was going to look at ikea so will have another browse.

Hadn't though of Made, I will check them out. I did like a few on the Loaf site b

Thanks cooper. I have looked at ikea a few times but haven't seen anything that would suit that room. I do need a rug for my baby's room and was going to look at ikea so will have another browse.

Hadn't though of Made, I will check them out. I did like a few on the Loaf site but we don't live near the showroom to check them out and I couldn't tell properly from the site alone. It's so tricky as rugs seem to be super plain or quite patterned.

I have had another play this evening on the rug builder on The Natural Rug Company site. I found a combo I like for about £400 which isn't too bad actually. So I think I will look a whole longer and then consider that if nothing else comes up.

I wish we had some of the big US stores here. I love pottery barn! Especially at Christmas.

Thanks again.

Oops posted too soon the first time!

Have a look at wovenground too. We got our last one from there.

'not too bad' is not good enough reason to spend £400 in my view.

This is quite nice if a little small.

www.marksandspencer.com/Marks-and-Spencer-Lace-Rug/dp/B00DGCF6B2?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_9&nodeId=430720031&sr=1-9&qid=1375308022&pf_rd_r=1CZWJFT3WS5MF8PZ31B9&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=430720031&pf_rd_p=321381387&pf_rd_s=related-items-3

There are a few others in suitable colours but seem to be similar sizes.

you could step outside your comfort zone with this!

www.marksandspencer.com/Marks-and-Spencer-Round-Bird/dp/B00DGCHNDQ?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_12&nodeId=430720031&sr=1-12&qid=1375308230

www.rugvista.com/carpets/Minar/carpet_166084-Minar.html#

These may be too contemporary, rather than classic.

Sorry Waffly I don't think my comfort zone is ready for so much pattern!

A couple of good website there though to have a browse through, thanks.

This is a bit like the one you linked to OP
www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60239409/

This is also rather nice
www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60239409/

John Lewis is good for rugs too. Ones made with viscose are lovely and soft underfoot and have a slight sheen which looks good.

This is a nice rug but bit small
www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_322019036975MISC_-1

Thanks pannacotta. I can't see your ikea links but I had a look on there anyway.

We did have a look in John Lewis but again weren't really taken with anything. They had some lovely ones but I think you were either a slightly odd size or not quite the right colour for the room.

I keep telling myself it is one of those things that you have to wait to come across but I do want to get it sorted....we have been here 18 months with bare floors!