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I am looking for a blue rug, too, although I'm looking for a more traditional persian, turkish, or even tibetian pattern in a dark blue ground with rust, olive, taupe, and ivory motifs. I'd buy the CB2 rug Tania found, too, if it were blue!

I'm glad this question came up, because it relates to something I have been wondering. I was reading a book by an interior decorator in which she advises against laying a rug over carpeting. She said it would be dangerous (I guess by increasing the trip factor), and it would look like you are covering something up, e.g. a stain or damage. I tend to be fairly clumsy myself, so this gave me pause. What do you all think of this advice?

Pteetsa,

A rug on carpet tends to shift and move. This can be fixed by adding a rug underlay. This is a thin sheet of foam like material that is slightly tacky. It keeps the carpet in place and helps prevent tripping. You can buy this in the carpeting or rug section at Lowes or Home Depot. It may be a bit tricky to find but it's worth it.

The reason you won't find peacock or aqua is because when you're doing natural dye (as is Traditional for a Middle Eastern rug), those colors come from lichens. Northern European lichens mostly. Greens are a similar problem, since most of the easy greens are not light fast, take several steps or don't grow anywhere useful. (Olive greens are somewhat of an exception)

Pink to burgundy, with a side trip through true red and orange red are easy. All shades of indigo blue are easy. And lemon yellow to golden yellow is easy. If you've got your heart set on a monochrome color scheme that doesn't involve those shade ranges, you're probably stuck.
Since the best quality rugs tend to be most traditional, that can make it hard to find a specific color.

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OH My! I must have the Orange and Kahki rug pictured in the SF Good Questions. Anyone have any information on it? Brand? Website? Pretty Please!

There are some similar Thomas Paul rugs in blue here:
http://www.re-modern.com/product/TP-8X11.html

And if you're concerned about too much thickness over carpet, take a look at these Flatweave versions which won't add much height:
http://www.re-modern.com/product/TP-3X5.html

Not really Indian motifs, but Company C has beautiful rugs.




http://www.companyc.com/html/home.htm

hbmorty -- the rug pictured is the Tangier rug by CB2:

http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=170&f=4470

Good luck!

Not exactly sure what color of blue you're leaning toward, but check out this painted canvas floorcoth: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8315243. There are lots more at http://www.canvasworksfloorcolths.com, and they'll make custom sizes, designs and colors as well. You could have that one that you wanted in the blue you want too!

Floorcloths are great in heavy traffic areas- fun, easy to clean and last forever!

Garnet Hill has some mid-price rugs, and free shipping through 3/16.

Try: http://www.garnethill.com/jump.jsp?itemID=15183&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C5%2C7355%2C9909&iProductID=15183 or http://www.garnethill.com/jump.jsp?itemID=15130&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C5%2C7355%2C9909&iProductID=15130

What about this one?

http://www.cb2.com/family.aspx?c=1010&f=3585

Has anybody gotten a rug from Garnet Hill?? I was wondering about the quality etc.

Thanks!