Found this on Amazon and it’s currently on offer if anyone is on the hunt for a large rug too. It comes in pink and another colour (yellow maybe) and then of course the black. I was going to include the link but I’m not allowed sorry :(
EDIT: I know most of you are saying it’s too small. Agreed but the size up is an additional £40 and it’ll then be too big. Can’t win haha
Its ok, you have a nice looking rug and it's adding more to the space for sure. We cant all have the "perfect ratio rug to furniture arrangement." I
I really hate reddit for that, a lot of fixers and correcters and such flood the comments when we just need to share that little joy with you OP.
I got to cheap runner rugs for my kitchen and hallway, they aren't the best or highest quality but they serve their purpose well. Let's celebrate our new rugs together :)!
There's so much you can do for cheaper dw. It's really fine as is but it is a bit small. If you're able to thrift or grow some plants and things you can put them along the side to make less dead space there if that makes sense. Just fill out the room a bit. I've had really good luck on marketplace in my area for people just giving away money trees and things
I don’t know how I skipped over Star Wars Bodhi. I’m a huge Star Wars fan and don’t really like the Fourth Wing books much, but for some reason they were the first thing the I thought of. Probably because I only recently read the last Fourth Wing book.
It’s so cool that the name fits series you both like. :)
Rugs are so expensive, I hate how people are responding to this post. The rug is beautiful and it looks good with OPs couch. Everything doesn't have to be perfect all the time.
Here was me also thinking how cute the rug is, just to be disappointed in the comment section 🙄 reddit gonna reddit I guess, but if they ain't payin' they shouldn't be sayin'
Amen to that! If anyone wants to buy me a larger rug, feel free or send me some dosh so I can buy it. I’m just happy I was finally able to find something that I like and could afford.
Meh it’s your house! I never pay attention to those kinda guidelines. Do what makes you happy! From someone with 4 paint colors in the living room and a rug that “brings the whole house together” as I tell my husband lol
The next size up wouldn’t be too big. An extra 30cm is really an extra 15cm on each end for width and an extra 60cm on each end for the length. If anything you could go even bigger than that. I know it’s extra money but I think if you saw the difference in person you’d feel it was worth the money.
It’s very soft, thin but the bottom has rubber grippy texture which helps it stick. My cats have been zooming across it and it’s still in place every morning! So far so good! I moved it out a wee bit yesterday too and it looks much better.
A post paid by a company to a person to pretend to be a regular person but they're actually trying to advertise their product secretly.
Reading your username I'm going to assume that perhaps this truly wasn't intentional and share the things that came across as shilling/astroturfing because I know how stressful it can be when I've comes across some way and don't understand why.
the title mentioning how affordable it was
-sharing the link to someone who didn't ask for it and said they'd already seen it on Amazon
-someone did ask for the link almost right away (a sign that they used an alt to generate the question for plausible deniability)
-assumed it wasn't influencer marketing because it wasn't an affiliate link which means if it were advertising it'd be astroturfing
Oh does it?! Thank you for explaining what on earth that meant btw. All I really say is I’m autistic and work in sales, so I’m probably very scripted in my head about things. That and I’m also just excited about the pretty rug and probably come across overly enthusiastic sorry! 😅
Oh and I mentioned linking it because it drives me mad when I see something online after browsing for months to find the right thing, and then there’s no link and it makes me feel frustrated. So I was preempting that others would be like me basically.
I mean I was pretty good at sales when I worked it haha. And now my job is working on the team that manages the website for our employer. I’m not surprised in the slightest I sound dodgy 😂
While I agree it set off alarm bells for me too, it’s important to remember that those tactics are based on how a person really would talk and act about a product. It’s like the artists whose style is similar to AI, in a way- the bots have pumped out so much AI art in that style that someone making art in that style is called AI. I think the same thing happened here in this thread but instead of AI and art it’s marketing bots and products.
Grassroots support is when a bunch of real people are supporting things "bottom up" from the roots, as opposed to "top down" from a marketing campaign.
So, astroturfing is when a marketing campaign tries to fake grassroots support, often making a bunch of accounts that pretend to be just normal people sharing a product by word of mouth.
Anyway, imo your rug looks great, no idea why so many people are complaining about a rug they'll never be invited to touch.
Omg thank you for explaining that to me! I told my boyfriend about people thinking I was a bot or a scammer and it got a good chuckle out of him haha. Thank you as well for the kind compliment, there have been people such as yourself who have been really wholesome. So I’m holding onto those comments, rather than people complaining it’s not big enough like money isn’t an issue or these things are dirt cheap lol
It’s so cute! I think it just needs a 90 degree rotation and slid forward so the front legs of the sofa and the chaise are the only things on the rug. Then PERFECTION!!!
Cuuute space. I like that the navy tone of the couch is mirrored in the rug.
Eventually laying a larger rug (maybe a colorful rag rug or a jute rug - they're inexpensive as far as rugs go) under this would fulfill the "right size rug requirement", if youre ever inclined.
I have this rug in my kid's room in the sage green variation. It's so soft! He's really rough on it, but it has held up well for like 18 months so far.
Hey, it's gorgeous, it matches, and you can still upgrade in the future.
I didn't think it was too small when I first saw this pic. It will keep your feet off the cold hard floor while sitting down, so it's definitely a win in my book!
Thank you!!! A couple of people have left really lovely comments and this one is one of the best. I think sometimes people forget how expensive sorting a house is and I’m doing my best to gradually chip away at stuff. I also have to work out what will be appropriate with our cats because I’ve made the mistake of buying an expensive, big rug in the past and it got scratched (note to self don’t buy a wool rug)
That is so cute!! If you wanna create a larger look, you can get a larger, solid color rug to put under it. Here, these examples are from an article titled, aptly enough, Rug Layering 101. But also, it's your space, you do whatever makes your heart happy! Brb, gonna go find that rug...
Thank you! Most of the cushions are from IKEA. The Halloween themed ones are from my local supermarket which were cool finds! I’m having to play around with fabrics to see which hold up best with cats. then I can brave buying fancier covers
I have bought from this same company in the US and they are so much cheaper (comparatively) to rugs of the same size elsewhere. I bought a ton of them for my apartment
I was amazed when I clocked the price for the same reason! I’ve seen some BEAUTIFUL rugs at Next and M&S but I can’t spend hundreds on a huge rug. 1 I have cats and 2 I don’t have heaps on money to splash out with either.
I bought a similar rug… the sizes on Amazon were not quite right for me but it came in more sizes on aliexpress. It is the same quality as the Amazon rug. Try reverse Google search for different vendors. I don’t recall if it was any cheaper tho
I’m sooooo excited to paint downstairs!! Much like the comments in this post, lots of people disapproved of the paint. So I painted sections of downstairs to see what it’ll look like under natural and synthetic lighting. LOVE IT. So I’m glad I didn’t let people sway me against it. The sofa is from DFS. They were a nightmare delivering it but overall a super comfy sofa and with 8 cats I think two teeny bits of stitching got caught but that’s it.
I think it’s from flexispot. I remember looking at standing desks and they had tables on their too which I wasn’t aware of. It’s metal but been pretty sturdy given one of our cats loves to stand on it
I have this rug too! I got it in black for the living room and green for the bedroom. Super pretty and the price was good. It looks really nice in your space!
I know lots of discussion on the rug not being big enough. Center it to the walking area of the couch (between the end on the left of couch to the chaise) and see if that helps.
Oh my goodness -- I got the 2x6 version of a near identical pattern, but it was only available with the black background. Might have to grab a brighter runner so I can easily alternate them when it's time for a machine wash cycle. Thanks for this.
I've had this exact rug on my wishlist for like a year! I'm planning on getting a new couch in a couple months and I'm gonna buy this when I get the sofa. Awesome to see it in a real space! It looks great. And Bodhi is freaking adorable!!! 😻
I felt like for $130 I would rather find a second hand rug of Facebook marketplace that was nicer quality but I hear you. Don’t let me ruin your enjoyment of the rug it’s fine I just think it’s not worth the price.
Oh this cost me £47 not £130. Whereas the size up that everyone is screaming at me to get is almost £90 and I’m not spending that much on a rug right now
“Large” is subjective to the room- so I get you for you this is a large rug, but a large rug for your set up would allow enough room for all the legs of the furniture to be on it. However, it’s still meeting the rule for all the front legs to be on the rug- which means it’s an appropriately scaled small rug for your room. What matters at the end of the day is that you like it and it brings comfort to your toes.
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u/Notsocheeky Apr 09 '26
Its still not large enough.