rug love

You all remember when I obsessed about getting a striped rug, right?  Well once I got my "I have to have it or I will die rug", I didn't really know what to do with it.  I know- whats that about?  Well let me tell you-- a majority of my house is carpeted and I didn't know how I felt about rug on rug action so I threw it in our office and called it a day.  Fast forward to this past weekend--I was standing and staring at my family room as I do way too often than I should admit and decided to give it the good ol' college try in our family room-- now I want your honest opinion- promise no hurt feelings here!


So let me know-- brilliant move or massive fail?  Here is the before--- sorry the pics are not so fantastic.. but you get the gist.

And here is what it looks like with rug on rug.  What do we think?

Lay it on me please:-)  Dan will love you if you say you hate it and I will love you if you say you love it.  Whose it gonna be?

OH!  Did you all see the cute little blue and white pillow on the couch that I whipped up the other day?  No-- well take a look at the little bugger-- have I said recently how much I heart my sewing machine?  Is it sad that I'm 30 and my favorite toy is a sewing machine?  Is it even sadder that I continue to ask questions as if you can answer me? Yeah I thought so.

Carolyn