Rug, the final chapter

Last night after work, I drove up to the Cities and met my friend Reese who chauffered me around and gave me much needed advice. We went to Pottery Barn and got a rug and wandered around Ikea and gots lots of stuff I didn't really need. Thanks Reese for your help and also for the conversation. It's always good to catch up with you. We really need to do so more often. Anyay, for Reese and for any of you who care, here are some shots of the rug in my living room, as well as the shelves with my stuff up on it. It really is feeling like my place now. Thanks to everyone who gave an opinion on the rug. I'm really happy with it and will let you know how it holds up after using it for awhile.

rug part II

OK, as promised here are the three rug swatches on my floor. I took these at 4:30 today with some sun shining in. You probably can't tell too much from these, but those of you who haven't seen my furniture yet, might get some idea of what I've been talking about. What do you think?

Rug

I think I may have found a rug I like, but need some opinions. I have a "welcome to the neighborhood" coupon from Pottery Barn and ordered 3 swatches. 2 of them came yesterday, and it looks like the third will come tomorrow. Once I get all three, I'll take pictures of them on the floor so you can get a sense of what they look like in my living room, but I'm leaning towards the "leaf" pattern (click here to see the pottery barn description/more pictures). It's the dark brown one, and at least in yesterday's end of the day light, it made the chairs in my living room look more brown and less green, and stood out nicely against all the colors in the floor. The "fern chenille" swatch that came, was nice, but the green border kind of blends into the floor color, making both of them look a bit washed out, but it does go nicely with the green of the chairs. I'm including pictures of all three so you can see what I'm looking at. I'm also open for other suggestions. Thanks!

"leaf" wool

"fern" chenille

"jarrett" wool