Greyson and I took my Grandma for a donut date last Friday. On a whim, we decided to pop in a thrift store on the way to drop my Grandma back off. I'm so glad we did, because I found the coolest rug for so cheap! Ten dollars to be exact.
I've been thinking about a rug under our kitchen table for quite some time, but I knew I didn't want to shell out big bucks for one. If I spent lots of money on one, then I would be stressed about food spills, sand from the sandbox, etc. This one is one of those plastic woven indoor/outdoor rugs. Right now it bunches up underneath the table, but I have two different ideas to try to make it better. One is a thicker rug pad. I'm thinking one kinda like this. I think I could sew the edges of the rug to the rug pad and that would keep everything in place. Do you all think that would work?
Another idea I had was to buy a cheap rug pad (the perforated dot kind) and layer a jute rug on that with this plastic rug on top.I could sew the plastic rug edges to the jute rug. I love the idea of layering rugs. Do you all think that would be too much underneath a table? I'm just not sure.
I keep coming back to these two images for our eat-in.
If anyone knows the original sources, I would love to know!
Anyways, so with those two images in mind, I just want to keep adding layers in there until we get the look that we are going for.
I couldn't resist one picture with our DIY bullet planter. Love that sucker!
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Julia@Cuckoo4Design
I love the rug and your inspiration images are wonderful
Ashley Mayes
Thanks Julia!
Cajun
I love the rug! One thing I've seen from THE authority on all things domestic {Martha Stweart} is she buys the metal rulers with cork on the bottom and holes on either side then sews them (cork side down) to the underside of the rug in L shapes at the corners. The point is to prevent slipping and corner curling. It also serves to wiegh down the edges and I'll bet you could sew more along the length and width too. You can buy them in varying sizes for a few bucks all over amazon. Good luck!
Ashley Mayes
Ooh, thanks Cajun. I definitely need to look in to that article.
Gwen
That rug is fantastic! And I love that planter, too!
Ashley Mayes
Thanks Gwen! It was definitely a great thrift find.
Jennifer @ Brave New Home
What a find! I love that first inspiration image of yours.
Ashley Mayes
Thanks Jennifer!