A Layer of Texture

I've been on the lookout for the perfect rug for our bedroom. I'm looking for a rug that will look great on over our wood floors and great after they are refinshed a dark walnut. But my main goal is adding another layer of texutre in our room. I'm a huge fan of Overstock and thier prices and shipping rates, so it was not surprise that I began my area rug search there. 

I really like the idea of using a natrual fiber rug in our bedroom. Here are some natrual fiber rugs that cought my eye.

The first one is called the Waeves Natrual rug 6x9 Sisal rug. i like the size and natrul color of the rug. I read though the reviews and almost all of them were positive. This one is $ 169.99 which is super affoarbale.

This is a banded sisal rug I do like, its 5 x 8 for a crazy low price of $ 109.88. All the reviews were positive about this rug.

I also dig this Hand woven Natrual Jute rug 5 x 8 this is an upclose look at the rug. I like the the mixed pattern on of the two colors. This rug is only $ 69.99

This Hand-woven Chapra rug is also nice, I like the color of the rug a nice tan that would work well with our bedroom colors. It's a 5 x 8 rug for $ 107.99.  

I love how the natrual fiber rugs look in the bedroom below. The bedroom below in is relaxing and femmnie and the jute rug adds a nice element of teuxutre on the wood floors. I normally don't like branded area rugs, but love the band on the rug below.

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I plan on ordering our rug soon once on room is more complete. I still need to take some mearusrements of th area we would like the rug to cover to make sure we order the correct size. I also thought, if we didn't like the rug on in bedroom depending on the size it would work perfet in our living room.

Do any of your own a natrual fibers rug or have considered buying one? If you alredy own one do you like it?

Paint Tip

The paint cans in our garage are getting out of hand and it's getting harder for me to remember what color has been used on what. A few weeks back I had to do touch up paint in our bedroom and could not remember what color grey we paint our bedroom! I actually started doing the touch up paint with the wrong color! So I had to rummage though our ever growing paints and finally found our bedroom paint color. I decided one of the things I need to tackle of the summer is our paint paint cans.

I found a really good tip from Martha Stewart of course. Martha suggests using paint stirrings. After stirring paints, let stirrers dry, then write the color and room on each. To keep them well organized she also suggests making a whole at the end of each and using twine to secue them together. Most likely I'll use a large metal ring and keep them safely in my yet to get started on office. Wal-Mart sells paint stirrers for around thirty cents each, so I'll pick up a bunch there to get me started.

I also plan on making simple labels to place on the paint can after its been used. The labels will include the same information as the paint stirrer swatch with the addition of the paint formula. I have seen other blogs buy new paint cans to store their paints, however I want to do this as thrifty as possible. 

Do you already have a system to keep your paint cans organized and know what color you used and where? Please share you tips.