perhaps I will settle with not having a wedding.

So we have to do this project for my Textile Science class. It is a product comparison report. Mine is about rugs.

RUGS.

When I first got this (not gonna lie, I was a little bummed) because I really wanted to have down comforters or pillows or sheets. Something soft and appetizing. I felt extremely sorry for myself...I mean come on, rugs are pretty, but you just walk on them and then they die. Turns out, I got the best one and I feel sorry for their poor poor souls.

We had to go to three "brick and mortar" stores (in person) and one online source. So my three were The Rug Company, Pottery Barn, Lowes, and then my online source was Ikea.

The Rug Company is a high end fine rug store. Their price range anywhere from $750 to over $16,000. I think I just dies a little inside. Yes. I stood on the $16,000 one, and I felt like I should be condemned for touching my toe to its beautifully hand knotted, wool surface. I mean come on, this thing had to take at least nine months to make...and I was standing on it (it kinda makes me think about the show Cake Boss and how he spends all this time on intricate details and proportions--I mean it is his art--and then he has to watch people consume it!).

I picked a traditional and contemporary one from each of the four stores, and the one I that really did me in was...(drumroll please)...

this one!

Now mind you that it is way bigger than this, but my lame excuse of a camera didn't do it justice from far away.

My mom told me I could either have a wedding or this rug...hmmm tough call! I will let her know in 10 years.

Overall this is what I found out:

Always lay a rug on the ground before purchasing, because just like suede, rugs have a light and dark side causing it to look different when it is hanging up compared to when it is on the floor.

Pottery Barn has good rugs, but the quality isn't as good as they would like for you to believe.

Lowes is a better place to go for wall-to-wall carpet (or for a dorm rug).

Ikea is just plain awesome and you should go! And they have good quality rugs for super cheap...I am talking under $200 here.

Always ask--sometimes stores will let you rent out rugs before purchasing...AWESOME!

Hand knotted rugs are the most expensive of any other make, and they are usually named after where they come from.

The End.

Questions?