Tag: FLOR

  • Feeling Slightly Blue in the Dining Room

    Feeling Slightly Blue in the Dining Room

    Feelin Groovy FLOR

    Remember this? Our dining room FLOR is finally down (Feelin Groovy in Pewter).

    Dining Room

    I think it looks a little too blue.

    We’re keeping it because I haven’t found anything better*, it was cheap, and we need a rug in the space. I like the bare wood floor, but our dog Murray would disagree. He has no traction and has already suffered the consequences of slipping badly (he’s fully recovered now). Oh, and he likes to eat his treats while standing on a carpet (he’s odd). When we had the bare floors he would go from the kitchen through the dining room and end up in the living room on the zigzag rug. We can’t have that, now can we?

    * OK, there was one rug that I liked better: JORUN from IKEA. But it only comes in 5’x8′ and I don’t think two of them together would be as seamless as I’d like. Plus I don’t think it would be wise to add yet another pattern to the main area of our home… even though it would look excellent with the wallpaper.

    rug and wallpaper

  • It’s Like Living in Google Maps

    It’s Like Living in Google Maps

    We’ve put down the Be My Neighbor Rug that Brandon and I bought almost two months ago.

    Be My Neighbor Rug FLOR

    It’s in his office, looking awesome.

    Brandon's Office

    Bookshelves line one wall of the room, and as I showed you last week, that’s where all of our DVDs are currently stored.

    Billy Bookcases

    Brandon displays a lot of his stuff on top, and also on the shelves above.

    Brandon's Office

    The desk was left behind by our home’s previous owners, and the chair is from IKEA. Brandon doesn’t work from home like I do, so we figured that the chair would be fine for light, occasional use. It looks nice but unfortunately it has developed a loud creak that we can’t fix.

    Brandon's Office

    What’s that on his desk in lieu of fresh flowers, you ask? Fire Flowers!

    Fire Flowers!

    OK, so his office is more like a combination of Google Maps PLUS geeky pop culture references.

  • Time for a New FLOR

    Time for a New FLOR

    The sisal rug in our dining room is about five years old, and it has a big threadbare spot on it that was just made much worse this weekend by vacuuming. Luckily, FLOR just opened a store in Chicago, so Brandon and I headed out to see what we could find.

    FLOR
    image from Apartment Therapy

    We went through, grabbing a sample of each carpet style and color that interested us. Then we started narrowing down the choices (too dark, too light, can’t withstand heavy foot traffic, and so on), until we ended up with our final selection: Feelin Groovy in Pewter.

    Feelin Groovy FLOR

    Brandon and I also really liked the Be My Neighbor Rug.

    Be My Neighbor Rug FLOR

    Where could we use something so awesome? In Brandon’s office, of course. He’s going to feel like a giant.