I don't know what's gotten into me but I've been a bit of a crazycake wanting to get the house not looking like a lone college male with zero desire to decorate lives here. Lucky Simon. Along with obsessing about keeping the (always, always, always dirty) floors clean like I did before Sebastian was born, I just really am fixed on the notion that it's important for the baby to come home to a soothing environment with prints and photos on the walls, matchy (but not toooo matchy!) throw pillows on the couches and a rug on the living room floor. Lucky for the baby, for my sanity, and for Simon, Mohawk Home very generously sent this beautiful area rug for the living room.
Behold the before ....
and the after...
(the couch at a diagonal angle is obviously a temporary barricade-Basher-from-the-tree thing)
Much improved, right? Oh, I know we aren't going to be featured on Little Green Notebook tomorrow or anything but Simon said it really warms the place up and I agree. Since our entire main floor is without carpet, it's been a nice and welcome change being able to change diapers somewhere other than the ridiculous changing table, watch the kids only half kill (instead of 98% kill) themselves while wrestling on the floor, and to feel a little more grown up in my own living quarters.
It took me a really long time to narrow down my final choice because Mohawk has almost infinite options on their website and on the sites of their retailers. Every single Mohawk rug is still manufactured right here in America and I dare you to not spend a good chunk of your day browsing their selection and being as indecisive as I was.
You have the chance (well ... 25 potential chances!) to win a 5x8 area rug of your choice (up to a $150 value!) right here ... many thanks to Mohawk Home for being so generous!!
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Behold the before ....
and the after...
Much improved, right? Oh, I know we aren't going to be featured on Little Green Notebook tomorrow or anything but Simon said it really warms the place up and I agree. Since our entire main floor is without carpet, it's been a nice and welcome change being able to change diapers somewhere other than the ridiculous changing table, watch the kids only half kill (instead of 98% kill) themselves while wrestling on the floor, and to feel a little more grown up in my own living quarters.
It took me a really long time to narrow down my final choice because Mohawk has almost infinite options on their website and on the sites of their retailers. Every single Mohawk rug is still manufactured right here in America and I dare you to not spend a good chunk of your day browsing their selection and being as indecisive as I was.
You have the chance (well ... 25 potential chances!) to win a 5x8 area rug of your choice (up to a $150 value!) right here ... many thanks to Mohawk Home for being so generous!!
I have carpet in my apartment... but I would love to liven the living/family/TV/dining/den room a bit with something more grown up!
ReplyDeleteOur living room is in desperate need of a rug!
ReplyDeleteI could use one in my bedroom, fo sho.
ReplyDeleteWe've been wanting to put a rug in the nursery since we moved into our new house, but it has been low on the priority list...but now that we have a baby on the way (will be here in January already!), it is a great time to complete the room and make it a little more cozy!
ReplyDeleteWe could really use a rug in the living room... our carpet is pretty beat up from the previous owners, but we couldn't afford to replace them so we just had them cleaned. But a rug would liven the look up!
ReplyDeletegorgeous rug! and your home is adorable!
ReplyDeletewould definitely use it in our living room!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely need one in my living room!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter wants to do a wood floor in her room so she can have a ballet bar installed to practice dance at. Along with this new floor and bar she wants a rug by her bed to keep her toes warm in the morning. So if I win I might have to let her choose a rug.
ReplyDeleteWinter gets awfully chilly with wood floors!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway! We've been thinking about getting a rug for our living room to cover up the ugly rental carpet on our floors. :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome giveaway! Would love a new rug for the hardwood floors! And I must say, your home looks beautiful!
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It's a toss up b/w our living or dining room.
ReplyDeleteWe have a really large den/playroom/school room area that has no definition. I'd like to use a rug to delineate the school/craft section from the mess around and act like fools section. Enter beautiful rug! Yes, we need that.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking the other day that our dining room might need a rug on top of our carpet...extravagant? ...nah. :)
ReplyDeleteWould love something spicy to cheer up our wooden floors. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI could use it in my living room.
ReplyDeleteI would put the rug in my living room
ReplyDeleteHard to choose! Either of the bedrooms, probably.
ReplyDeleteIn my living room to replace my 80's green and pink hand-me-down oriental rug;)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a NON-woven or braided rug in my living room. Between my husband and my cat, I see that I need beautiful conventional rug. Please pick me. :(
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ReplyDeleteI guess I should actually answer the question ;) I would love to put a rug in our living room because we live in an apartment with hideous carpet and any bit of it that I can cover up I will!
ReplyDeleteI would go with living room too :0 BTW I know what you mean about the changing table and changing them on the floor....I think my twins would flip if I put them on the changing table now it has been so long...BUT it occurs to me that the hardwood floor is probably more sanitary than carpet ugh!!
ReplyDeleteJulie
We need this real bad in our dining room. I love the one you guys have, so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI'd love a rug in the library. It's my favorite room in the house, but it's not complete without one. Yours is beautiful. i'd choose something similar.
ReplyDeletelooks beautiful. we need to replace the rug we pulled out of the trash that one time...
ReplyDeleteI could use a new rug in numerous places! Mainly, I could use one in my bedroom, my daughter's room, and the living room!
ReplyDeleteLiving room! We have a 6 month old and woods floors. Not the best combo.
ReplyDeleteWhere oh where could I use a rug....oH that's right. Dining room, Master bedroom, kitchen annnnnnnwhere i love rugs. I could find a place. And I love your new rug Grace!
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ReplyDeleteI could use a new rug in the living room or maybe the dining room......
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We have a loud and sad-looking "play room" that could really use a rug. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe're in the process of buying our first home, and one of these rugs would look gorgeous in the living room (or family room... or bedroom... maybe I need multiple rugs!)
ReplyDeleteWe have a cheap rug in our living room and I would LOVE to spruce it up!
ReplyDeleteour whole house has hardwood floors, so just about any room would love an area rug!!
ReplyDeleteOur living room would looove a new rug!
ReplyDeleteI could use a new Mohawk rug in our living room and/or our baby's room.
ReplyDeletefamily room!!!
ReplyDeleteA new rug would add a nice touch in my girls room :)
ReplyDeleteWe really (really, really, really) need a rug in our family room! I've finally ordered a new couch (my nesting involves absolutely needing to replace our old, ugly, uncomfortable couch and also the baby is requiring both the purchasing AND hanging of new curtains-- so demanding for someone who won't even arrive to appreciate my efforts until March) and we need a rug to go with it. Longest sentence ever.
ReplyDeleteooh I want. I have zero decorating bones in my body and an area rug never even once occurred to me until my sister bought me one for our apartment and it really does make a huge difference
ReplyDeleteI would put it in our living room to cover up the carpet stains from juice, playdoh, mystery liquid, etc
ReplyDeleteI would put a new rug in our office.
ReplyDeleteI would put a new rug in our living room.
ReplyDeleteJust got rid of our living room rug because the edges were so gnarled by my overly energetic vacuum... I'm on the lookout for a replacement!
ReplyDeleteOur living room DESPERATELY needs a rug. To cover our horrible carpet.
ReplyDeleteI would love a rug for our family room. The Mohawk rugs are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh, a new rug has been on my wishlist for a while now!
ReplyDeleteWe need a rug for our living room! I'm always looking to add pieces that fit our style, since our current style is pretty much just known as in-law's-hand-me-downs.
ReplyDeleteI need a rug in the bedroom- bare wood floors are anxiously waiting for a new rug.
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thanks for the giveaway; awesomeness! Love your blog!
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DeleteMy girls could use a new rug in their room...the hand-me-down rug they have has seen better days:)
ReplyDelete-Bethany
ohhhh that looks so niiice! I love pretty carpets :)
ReplyDeleteMy kids would all like a new rug in their room! I love the pattern you picked. Your house is looking good! You're such a good mom.
ReplyDeleteI really would like a rug for my living room! We're in staging-the-house season, so this would help spruce things up.
ReplyDeleteLiving Room...yours looks great!
ReplyDeleteGood news, Grace. I tweeted inappropriately about your rug giveaway. You're welcome.
ReplyDeleteI think your living room looks beautiful! And I love, LOVE the blog makeover. High five.
Your living room looks awesome!! Love it--very kid friendly.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds weird, but I'd kind of like a rug under the kitchen table...
I love that rug! I need one in our foyer.
ReplyDeletelove the rug! makes it look cozier. thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOur living rom could really use a rug! What a great giveaway! Your rug is gorgeous!
ReplyDeletethe rug is a GREAT addish for sure!
ReplyDeletethe rug looks great! your living room is so cute! we could definitely use an area rug in one of upstairs bedrooms, it's the only one with pergo and i think it would really finish up the room! :)
ReplyDeleteYour blog posts make it sound like you live in a vacuum of baby messes, so I never pictured you having such a CUTE house! I love it!
ReplyDeleteCute Rug! I love this giveaway because we have been living in a "hardwood" floored house for almost a year with NO area rug. It's really hard to choose something.
ReplyDeleteNice pick on your rug. I could use a rug, too, since I have "learning to walk" grandbabies with hard surface floors. Yikes!
DeleteMy bedroom needs one!
ReplyDeleteMy dining room is begging for a rug!
ReplyDeleteIn our living room :)
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I desperately need a new carpet in my living room...thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeletegreat choice!
ReplyDeleteI would love a rug for our living room!
ReplyDeleteI really need a rug in my bedroom!
ReplyDeleteIn the boys' bedroom!
ReplyDeleteI could use a rug ANYWHERE in our house! We have all carpeting, but no style. I love how rugs make a house feel like a home!
ReplyDeleteOur upstairs family room!
ReplyDeletewe just remodeled our kitchen so I could really use one in the kitchen
ReplyDeleteeverywhere! we just moved into an apartment with wood floors and have ZERO rugs to keep our toes from freezing each morning!
ReplyDeleteI would put it in the living room which is really the everything room since I live in a small shoebox apartment, which I have been meaning to decorate for oh about three years now...
ReplyDeleteMy dining room has become the wood floor disaster zone that I basically just use as a thoroughfare between the kitchen and living room. It's the forgotten room. I think spicing it up with an area rug from Mohawk would be a nice touch!
ReplyDeleteOur living room carpet is duh-sgusting with spots and weird stains that only a toddler can produce. I've been looking for the perfect rug to hide as much of it as I can...
ReplyDeleteLiving room - covered with stains that a beautiful new rug would cover nicely!
ReplyDeleteWe need a new living room rug! Our kids have done a number on ours! Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteI am in dire need of rugs all very my house!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, Grace, your home looks amazing! Every little thing makes such a big difference, doesn't it? Trying to be better about our apartment :)
ReplyDeleteliving room in my new house!!!
ReplyDeleteI could totally use a new rug in our dining room! My daughter is finally out the of the flinging food stage. I am sad to report that our old rug did not servive that phase.
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family room, desperately!
ReplyDeleteYour new rug looks so great!! I would love the same one in our living room!
ReplyDeletein our prune juice stained living room. please.
ReplyDeleteWe freaking need a rug SO baaaaaaad! I would put it in our family room.
ReplyDeleteLiving room... It would look good in the dining room also, but I don't even dare to imagine what it would look like after a couple of weeks with my food throwing little ones.
ReplyDeleteWould be a great Christmas surprise!
ReplyDeleteI would love this! We are going to redo our hardwood floors and this would be great!
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In our living room! :)
ReplyDeletejust catching up from vacay :) i'm loving all your giveaways!!! and the house re-vamp really does look lovely.
ReplyDeleteLovely rug! And I like your couch-blocking technique.
ReplyDeleteMy living room could definitely use a new rug.
ReplyDeleteUnderneath my dining room table!!
ReplyDeleteWe could definitely use a new rug pretty much anywhere in the house, a no floors are carpeted or have rugs. But would probably put one in our family room!
ReplyDeleteOur family room.
ReplyDeleteI would love one for our daughter's room! When we get our own place someday, I would love one for the living room.
ReplyDeletea new living room rug that doesn't shed would be fantastic!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway! The rug in our living room is shaggy, and my 9 mo old keeps pulling random stuff out of it and putting it in his mouth! If I win it would cut down on the # of calls I make to poison control! ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway! The rug in our living room is shaggy, and my 9 mo old keeps pulling random stuff out of it and putting it in his mouth! If I win it would cut down on the # of calls I make to poison control! ;)
ReplyDeleteWould love this for the living room in my new house!
ReplyDelete-KM
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI have so many rooms in need of area rugs. But a rug to cover the ugly glue down carpet in our playroom would be awesome.
ReplyDeleteThe little baby knees at my house would sure enjoy a cozy, soft rug to crawl on!
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