A BIG Change!

A BIG Change

in size!

Probably 18 years or so again, we bought a fairly worn Karastan rug

at an estate sale --

for $100, I think!

No one wanted it because it was 8 x 20

Well, our living room is 23 feet long and a 20 foot rug would work!

And it's been a good and faithful rug

Although when it got worn around the sofa, we put another rug over it

to hide the worn spot

It was a pretty old rug

And had that patina of age

And if you can't have a real Persian,

then a Karastan in my opinion is the next best thing!

And it looked good in the living room!

But it was really getting worn

And was really more shabby

than chic!

Doogie pointing out the worn spots

It is a rug past it's prime!

So this morning I moved the furniture and took up this rug

And found this underneath!

This is why I don't like wall to wall carpet!

I vacuum like 6 days out of 7

What I hadn't done in a while is move the furniture, move the rug and vacuum

the bare floor!

Note to self:   This needs to be done when you do the spring and fall housecleaning -- duh!

I've been trolling Craig's List looking for a rug -- the old one was 20 feet and I knew that 14 would be the smallest we could use.   

 And it had to be a Karastan!

And it had to be affordable!

I had seen a listing for an 18 footer that seemed reasonable

So I inquired

And since we were up in the city, we made an appointment to look at it!

It was 18 foot -- 2 feet shorter than our current one

But that would be okay

It was in good shape, the price was right and Darren and Kathi 

from Holy Cow Market and Music couldn't have been nicer

So we bought it!

(And thanks, Darren for loading it for us)

And after I had cleaned the floor

(vacuumed, ran the dust mop and the steamer)

Husband Jim and I carried it in
And set it in place

Doogie kindly pointing out that there are no bare spots in this rug!

And after vacuuming, the furniture was moved in place

Husband Jim approves

I approve

It's nice to have one rug in the living room

I've never really been a fan of the layered look in rugs

(unless one is solid)

Now the reason for the Big change

is that one should measure, really

before making a purchase.

We have inches to spare between furniture and rug

inches!

This rug is bigger -- way bigger

than the old rug

I'm thinking that the old one was 15 feet -- not 20

And this rug is 3 feet longer than the old one!

But it fits -- it fits perfectly and it fits as if it were made for our living room

As if we took measurements and then had a rug made to order!

How cool is that?

I'm very happy with our purchase.

I'm very happy with Holy Cow

And Craig's List comes through again!

I'm sharing the "Big" Change with Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Met Monday.