If you're anything like me you're probably wondering how it is we've made it this far as a society without a tomato feeding robot. A robot that sits quietly on your shoulders as you go about your day, dropping medium sized tomatoes in your mouth at regular intervals. I mean, insulin? That was an O.K. invention but it's kind of limited in its use if you aren't one of the lucky ones on the brink of a diabetic coma at all times. Really, could it compare to a robot that feeds you tomatoes? From atop your head?
I think we all know the answer to that.
The reason I know this hasn't been invented is because if it did exist I would have seen it during one of my yearly trips to the Christie Antique show. Although there is a very slight chance I could have missed it while clumsily popping a cherry tomato into my mouth with my own bare hands like a barbarian out of Medieval times.
To recap, I went to Christie's this year with a friend and we wandered willy nilly with me mostly looking for things for his house. I'm kind of full up at the moment so it was a good chance still have fun at Christie's with the added bonus of spending someone else's money. I'll be doing a post in the next week or so, showing you what I did in his house with his purchases which were antique tools, plywood theatre seating and some metal and wood drawers.
For me? Well, I didn't really go to Christie's for me this year, it was all for him. A day to focus on someone else's needs and wants and to chuckle quietly as his arms became fuller and fuller and his bank account smaller and smaller. All the while my bank account stayed exactly the same and my arms swung freely at my sides, occasionally throwing food into my mouth.
Then I saw a rug. Then I bought a rug. And it all happened very quickly.
I don't have a single rug in my house. I owned one once but I threw it out. I do have a cowhide on my foyer floor but I'm not sure I can call that a rug so much as a barf receptacle for my cats.
A rug has SUCH an impact on a room that I haven't been able to bring myself to commit to one. I don't much like committing to anything which is why I've never married, am not religious and am a very suspect person to make dinner plans with.
But there was something about this rug that made me want to commit to it immediately. So there's a chance for all you men and Gods out there yet.
What I need are large rugs. Great, big rugs to go in my living room and dining room, but maybe buying this slightly smallish rug (it measures 3.2' x 6.5') will be the kick I need to get over my fear of buying the wrong rug. After consulting with my neighbour who happened to be in the booth right next to the rugs (Amos had run off chasing an antique orchard ladder at this point), I bought the rug.
It's a very clean, 100% wool Turkish Kilm rug made with natural dyes. And I big heart love it.
Immediately upon arriving home I rolled the rug up and stuck it in the corner while I cleaned and tidied every room. This is what I do. I can't trust myself to be able to see past the garbage, junk, and dirty dishes when I bring a new piece into the room. I'm just not that good.
It's home has ended up being in the sudo-hallway between my foyer and my dining room. The only problem is I need to cut the bottom of my basement door off a little bit because it can't make it over the rug. So, until I do that I'm keeping the rug in my bedroom. Where I'm discovering I quite like it.
Which means now I have a good old fashioned dilemma on my hands. To leave it in my bedroom where no one other than I will see it, or put it back where I meant for it to be, downstairs where it's the first thing you see when you walk in the front door.
If only I had a tomato feeding robot to help me get through these difficult times.
Have a good weekend!
Keelea LeJeune
I like it in the bedroom. Perfect size for that space! And, I'm sure...one of these days...someone other than "just you" will be in the bedroom to see it. (Get you some, girl) ;-)
Best, Kee
Ella
I think you have a consensus....bedroom yes, hallway no. The hallway needs something narrower for sure and, IMO, a little shorter. It's a lovely carpet though. Enjoy it in your boudoir...you deserve it!!
mickey
the bedroom
Janet
Love it in the bedroom. Just be careful it doesn't slip on those wooden floors. I don't want you breaking a hip. Put a rug gripper under it and enjoy the peace it brings into you bedroom.
Ev Wilcox
Brenda and Chris both had good advice! I do like the bedroom placement. The tomato feeder is awesome! You are a wonderfully strange person, Karen! Your readers prob fit that description as well. Enjoy the rug!
Mary W
Bedroom! You deserve to have a fabulous rug to wiggle your toes on first thing in morning even if no one else in the world sees it - you do. And you are important enough. You will enjoy that rug so much like I do enjoy turning down my covers on my bed about an hour before I get in - just for me. I feel special and enjoy that feeling too much to give up the nightly routine - just for me. Honor your own soul and toes - keep it in the bedroom. To make the treat easier to give to yourself, tell yourself you will only keep it there for one week. Then commit to another week. It takes 10 days, so I'm told, to develop a new habit. Go for it.
Jenifer
OHMIGOD! I covet your floors!!! I want them...I long for them!!
I completely understand why you don't have rug...makes perfect sense!
Maryanne
My vote is for the rug to stay in the bedroom too (in case my vote matters :) Like it was mentioned by another poster, I think the hallway rug could/should be narrower - and maybe extend a bit past the doorframe to draw the eye your amazing dining room!
Jan in Waterdown
Ok, 3 thoughts (aka opinions) by me:
1. the rug looks fab under your riding boots but the scale fits your bedroom better, imho
2. if you trim the bottom off the basement door, might that tell the centipedes they're welcome upstairs and then they'd be running around willy nilly?
3. I can't believe "sudo" made it past your spell check! lol
Catherine
Ha. Sudo is a real word, just not correct for this situation.
'Sudo, the one command to rule them all. It stands for “super user do!” Pronounced like “sue dough”'. You use it if you have a linux or unix computer. It's too bad it doesn't work in real life.
Lori
I love it in the bedroom...a special treat just for you.... By the way..we still haven't heard about the date you mentioned several posts back!
Linda J Howes
Bedroom, it is nice to step on when you first get up and it is all about you remember. In the hallway it will get dirty quickly and will have to be cleaned constantly, leading to you either throwing it out/getting rid of it or putting it in the bedroom where it belonged in the first place.
susan Whelan
I think the bedroom should be our own little fortress of solitude and it should be beautiful. Who cares if nobody else sees it, it's beauty for our soul. I have spent a lifetime trying to achieve that beauty. And somewhere along the way, I picked up three dogs who have spent a lifetime trying to undo that beauty. But my soul is happy.
Carol Hogan
Definitely bedroom. I agree with the first comment. I am a kilim addict. Well, actually I am a rug addict. I have designed many a room around the perfect rug. Now that you've broken the ice, I think you will find the perfect runner for that hallway, along with very expensive perfect additions to your living room and dining room, which will also serve as cat barf magnets.
Leisa
I like it in the hall because you'll see it more often. Last year at Christie's there was a booth full of rugs and I bought three because they were so well priced. Love Christie's!!!
Karen
That booth is there every year Leisa. It's where I got this rug. I look in that booth every year but haven't been compelled to buy until now. ~ karen!
Sandra Lea
Yes, in the bedroom. And who cares if no one else sees it, you are the one that loves it.
Monica
Yeah, it's been mentioned by others before, but that rug is beautiful and you don't want heathens trampling it with wet shoes. You'll only grow to hate your guests.
Catherine Vosper
Love it in the bedroom where it can be caressed by bare feet just out from under the covers rather than in the hall where it will be abused by dirty shoes just in from the outdoors.
Grammy
This is the correct answer. Karen, please give Catherine a prize.
Besides, as everyone else with any sense has stated, the rug is better-sized for the bedroom, and looks better there. It's lovely and I big heart love it, too.
As for it not being seen by as many people if it's in your bedroom -- who are you kidding? How many pictures of your bedroom have you published for all of us to see? Anything you put in your bedroom for decorative purposes will be seen by your not-insubstantial following right here. That's by far more people than have ever seen my bedroom in my entire life, and I'm old and was single during the late '60s and early '70s.
Catherine
Love you Grammy!
jaine kunst
I wonder if there's a robot that's pops pineapple chunks in your mouth or lobster even, my 2 favorite foods. I love the rug. Size wise fits your bedroom better, but those beautiful colors look lovely in both places.
Marilyn Meagher
I big heart love it too
Gail Dedrick
The bedroom, definitely. You need something narrower for the hallway.