The other title to this post was going to be "If you haven't bought a rug through Rugs USA, you are wrong".

Chris and I have had our living room rug since we moved into the house over 2 years ago, and it has seen more than its fair share of dirt, grim, chewed up dog toys, and icky paws.

Rocky was even kind enough to demonstrate how dull and gross its become:

 Thanks, fat-man..
 We knew that the room could quickly go monochromatic with all the light blues and greens, so Chris and I wanted to switch it up a little... easiest way to do that?  New rug.

We had been browsing HomeGoods and some other retailers, but nothing really stuck out to us, or if it did, it was WAY out of our price range (we can't really afford an $800 rug right now... or ever).

Eventually, we decided to look online.  Chris was REALLY against this at first since our current rug was a bit flimsy and he was worried about getting the same quality if we bought something off a discount website.  We finally checked out RugsUSA.com over the 4th of July weekend and saw they were having a CRAZY sale... 75% off all rugs!!  With that sort of discount, rugs were less than $120 with free shipping for a 5x8 so we figured we might as well go for it.

This isnt a paid perk or anything for RugsUSA.com, but they seriously did have an amazing selection of awesome rugs!!  Chris and I finally landed on this one.

Again, it was 75% off during the 4th of July weekend

We decided to go with a sturdy wool rug and a nice light grey to bring in some new color without pulling down the room too much.

After the sales discount was taken, the rug turned out to be only $115 SHIPPED!! Total Score!!

umm yes please

The most difficult part of the entire process was waiting for it to arrive (we did order it over a holiday weekend AND had to wait a couple days since RugsUSA was swamped with orders.)

But when this beauty arrived at our front door, I was stoked!
We rolled up our old, ugly guy, unrolled this handsome new, sexy one.  Chris gave him a good once twice over with the vacuum to grab any shedding or loose little pieces from shipping.
 I. LOVE. IT.
 Doesn't he look great with the color of our new sofa/chair set too?
 Eventually, when we start moving the TV and what not this weekend, the layout will eventually look like this.
 My only worry?  The rug is too small for the space.  I know the graphic pattern might be a lot for the room, but Im thinking with the solid furniture, it maybe able to balance out a bit and feel more inviting.

Here's how it would look with a 9x11 rug.
We have been living with it for a couple weeks now and I must say that the hold up and quality is awesome!!  We havent had any problems with shedding and for a light colored rug, it hides dirt really well!

Do you guys like it?  Do you think we should invest in a big one once we get the room all switched around?  I would love to hear your thoughts!!

-Samm