Flor Rug Options

For Avery's toddler room, I've been on the hunt to find the perfect grey and white stripe rug. I've checked out a slew of places [ Crate & Barrel, Rugs USA & Land of Nod & more ] none of the rugs were exactly what I was looking for. Since we have hardwood floors in our house, for his room I wanted a rug with a little extra cushion so he could roll around on the floor playing and having fun. So for those reasons I decided against a dhurrie style rug, even thugh we have one in our living room [ which we love and its just the right amount of softness ] I decided one of the best options for his bedroom, would be Flor rug tiles [ we used them before during Halloween for our entry & I planned on getting a Flor rug for his nursery but never got around to buying ] 

I was super happy when I came home and saw that my Flor Tile Samples arrived yesterday!! Getting packages in the mail always make my days happier.

Flor Rug Style, Option One: Heaven Sent 

Flor Rug Style, Option Two: Made You Look 

The top two samples are in the Flor style: Heaven Sent, colors: Titanium & Bone.  Bottom samples are in Flor style Made You Look, colors: Bright White & Grey 

I really liked both Flor rug options for Avery's room, but I'm mostly drawn to option number one. I love that its cushy underfoot, it has a nice texture and love hot well the grey titanium shade looks with the creamy bone white. I'm also in love with how option one looks with our hardwood floors. Below is a lilac & purple shade strip rug, call me in love!! I love that each floor rug tile is so large.

( via Flor )

For now, we've decided to go with a 5x7 rug options which means buying 12 tile, but I'm stilling considering buying 16 tiles, just need to map out the size in his bedroom one more time. I'm planning on having the stripes lay horizontal when you walk in his bedroom. Each tile is $14, and of course the style I plan on ordering isn't on sale right now, but the Made You Look style is [ 20% off!! ] 

One thing, I really like about using Flor tiles is the ease of cleaning up spills, just rinse off in the sink, perfect for kiddos. I'm also excited that I can add in new tiles anytime, if I feel the rug isn't big enough, talk about a plus! I'm super excited about ordering Avery's Flor rug!! I also just spied a pretty pattern, that I'm considering using in our laundry room which does double duty as our soon to be mudroom. 

Are you considering using Flor Rug Tiles in your home? 

Mailboxes Etc.

We originally planned to keep the old mailbox after the fire, but somewhere during the construction and rebuilding process they mailbox went missing. I thought adding a mailbox slot [ similar to this ] to our front door would be a cute alternative to the traditional mailbox, Hasani wasn't feeling the idea, lol. No worries, I'm the girl that always has a million backup plans in the works if my original plan doesn't work out. I checked out mail box ideas at Lowes & Home Depot, nothing really jumped out at me. Then I checked out Pottery Barn. You see there's a mailbox I've had a crush on for like forever, and yes its completely normal to have crushes on mailboxes. My crush was on the Envelope Mailbox, its just so cute and I knew it would look amazing on our house. Only catch was it was more than we wanted to spend on a mailbox $49 bucks, but as a luck would have it a few weeks before we moved into our house, it went on clearance sale!! 

The bronze mailboxes were marked down to $34.99 and thanks to additional 15% off coupon code for clearance items, I was able to buy the mailbox for $29.74!! So happy, I still had to pay taxes and shipping but in the end can't complain. Here's our new mail box, I love how well it goes with our chartreuse craftsman style front door and outdoor light fixtures and black front door hardware.  

The mailbox is actually a really good size, nice and deep. It has a magnetic closure on the inside.

At first I was tempted to spray it black, but I like how the bronze / black finish makes it appear aged, like its always been apart of our house. I plan on taking updated pictures of our house to share how its currently looking. 

That's how our mail is arriving to our house these days. Any recent updates to the outside of your home?