I like the simpler examples, such as pictures 4 and 6. I'm a big fan of oriental rugs, and I think they work great in bedrooms. But I do think that without keeping the bedding simple or the colors neutral it just looks messy.

I can hardly wait for the Cure. I'll have a whole new place to work with!

Oriental rugs, kilims, in the bedroom instantly cozy and class up a bedroom kept clutter free and otherwise minimally serene. Great soft accompaniment to sturdy architectural bones and occasional MCM furniture/objects. I never move without my rug collection!

Anybody know a reasonable source to look for oriental rugs such as those pictured above? Everything I see in stores is too modern looking, and everything I see 2nd hand or antique is priced through the roof!

Gorgeous; I love them. I was lucky enough to snag a few from my parents, and I cherish them.

I really like that coffee bean sack headboard in the first photo.

So many of these pictures could belong in the other post today about Bohemian Style.

I'll take bedrooms 8 or 9 for the prize. Thank you!

lynell - you can look on eBay BUT you need to know what you're looking at, read the seller's ratings and ask questions. You can also find them at estate auctions and, sometimes, at flea markets.

If you can't afford those, or don't feel comfortable buying them look for a decent modern copy - some are quite attractive.

I have antique flat woven rugs, which are much less collected in America than in Europe and are cheaper - but, if they're good, far from cheap. Still, you might find some new ones that you like.

Check out North African rugs, especially Moroccan and, although they're hard to find here, Tunisian. Moroccan rugs aren't as intricate as those from ot her countries, but if that's what you can afford. And their flat woven rugs from the Atlas Mountains can be quite lovely. Just be warned that "aging" rugs is the norm - I have a photo of a field of them being bleached by the sun.

Thanks @Taureg! I'm in the market for a rug or two this spring, and I'll definitely look into your advice! :)

if you're trying to get the look for less, i ran across these on the worldmarket.com web site:

http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10979563

http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10979560

they're indoor/outdoor, so i can't speak to the material and feel, but they're pretty!

Also ecarpetgallery.com has TONS of choices from $100- the price of a new Bentley. Something for everyone!

Advice needed: I bought a beautiful red 7'x10' kilim on a trip to Istanbul this summer to put on the cream-colored wall-to-wall carpet in my living room. It's under an open glass coffee table and looks gorgeous--gives the room a whole new look. But (1) because kilims are thin, the edges are always puckering or turning up. Past experience indicates that rug grips--those plastic net things--don't work well for keeping an area rug in place on a carpet, only on a bare floor. (2) Also, I worry about its being on top of a thick berber carpet under a coffee table with heavy iron feet that press into the kilim and may damage it over time.

Does anyone know of a place that could cut a floor pad from rigid material, like the thick acrylic used to make rigid mats that go under desks to protect the carpeting from a desk chair? I'm thinking I could put a rug grip between the mat and the carpet and another between the mat and the kilim, which would prevent the iron feet from pressing the kilim into the soft carpeting.

Or is there an accepted way to take care of a problem like this that I haven't heard about? Thanks in advance for any advice!