I’ve been on a little bit of a home design dry spell lately.  I’ve been so focused on the holidays,  kids' activities, and all my volunteer duties, that all the room makeovers I had planned have been put on the back burner.  It isn't that I don't want to be painting and building and installing new spaces, it is that I just haven't had the time.   So I admit I was pretty excited when Kalaty rugs asked me to design three "dream rooms" around three of their beautiful hand-tied rugs.

There is something super fun about designing a room from scratch with an unlimited budget and with a great inspiration point; a beautiful hand made area rug.   Our house has hardwood floors throughout and so rugs are an ESSENTIAL part of any good room design.   Rugs add warmth and beauty to a room, and because they cover such a large area, they can have a huge impact on the look or feel of the space.

From the Southwest collection, this Kalaty.com caught my eye.  It would be beautiful paired with dark furniture and silver accent pieces.


I envision it in an office. The shades of gray are a perfect backdrop to bursts of an accent color.  In this case I chose bright orange.  The other furniture has a simple black and white color pallette with straight lines which mimic the geometric pattern of the run.

From the Ikat Collection, this earth toned Woven Caspian rug.  In this case, the color :

I love the ethnic feeling of this rug.  So I combined it with furniture pieces that reminded me of old antiques that could have been collected on world travels.  Making sure I pulled out the beautiful turquoise, gold and red colors of the rug.

Because of the beautiful design, I focused on different textures instead while keeping all the pieces a solid color.

The contest runs until 12/13 and the winner will be notified directly by Izea on or before 12/17.