another new addition

Thanks for your comments and suggestions regarding our rug-couch clashing issue. Even though I didn't think the combination looked as bad as I thought it was going to, I still thought it looked bad. And so did Blake. And so on Saturday we walked over to a neighborhood carpet store and looked at rugs. We found this one, which was priced way under our budget, and which we fell in love with almost immediately.


You like? Please note that the red in the rug and the red of the couch match perfectly. I couldn't be more pleased.

After we purchased this rug, we played a game of Musical Carpet, moving the old living room rug into Garrett's room (where it certainly livens up the place), followed by the replacement of Garrett's old rug in our bedroom (where it matches better). I love having a sturdier rug in Garrett's room, especially now that we've finally installed an a/c in one of his windows. It only took us halfway through the summer's second heatwave (which, thankfully, seems to have subsided a bit overnight) to get it hooked up, but now that it's in, we've taken to holing up our sweaty selves in his room, with the air cranked high and the door closed tight. It works out great: Garrett roams his now better babyproofed room (another Saturday project) and plays while we hang out and either play with him or read or just chat.