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Are these way off the wall?

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― Bnad (Bnad), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

They're so off the wall they're on the floor.

― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:36 (nineteen years ago)

In order to best help you, we will need to know:

A) what kind of floor is this going on?
B) what else is in the room? Color scheme? Etc.
3) how absorbant of Chinaman urine are these rugs?

― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:39 (nineteen years ago)

#4 and/or #8 appeal to me. Is this for a hallway runner? They look narrow.

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

jaq otm, tho i dunno how i feel about the idea of faux-wide ruins (8). 1 might be ok too.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

Good questions all, but independent of other considerations, my choice is the last one, #9.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

Also, to keep the smartassery quotient acceptable:

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)

#6 is both ornate and primitive looking, so it gets my vote.

― patita (patita), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

Get #6 and invent a game that uses it as a gameboard.

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

I like 6 and 9.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe 6 a bit more than 9, because the colors are better. It's got that orange next to the green.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)

2 - hypnotic, repetitive patterns are good for when you're stoned, not good for when you're drunk and have the spins. Or any other time.

4 - way too busy

6 - looks like a cheap Navajo knockoff

8 - It's not pretty, but I kind of like the mexican-blanket parallel lines quality.

They're all ugly, but nine is the least-bad.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

3,4,5, or 9 depending on the décor of the room.

― M. White (Miguelito), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)

#7 is perfect for 'ancient alien civilizations colonized Earth' theorists.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:17 (nineteen years ago)

I like the big green zigzag on the border of #2. If only the center didn't bring on epileptic seizure.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

I still like #6, but I wish it didn't have those wrenches.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)

I like 6 and 9.

I'd heard that about you. </ImprovNight>

#4 and #8 seem like the nicest ones to me.

― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

I like #4 best, but mainly because I can unfocus my eyes on it and it goes from the most busy to the least busy. But I wish the colors were richer.

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

First favorite: 7
Second favorite: 3

They're graphic and not trying to be nice Persian-style rugs that go in a "tasteful" sort of Ethan Allen-y living room. I like their character.

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

The decor will be Mediterranean with lots of texture & wood. The kitchen (making up one side of the room) will be modern. Walls will be light blue and white. Floor will be medium colored oak.
I will ask the dealer about Chinaman urine absorbency.
I personally liked #2 the best and am a little disoriented after seeing everyone put it on the bottom of their list.
#9 is the most expensive since I made the mistake of saying "Wow!" when the dealer laid it out.

― Bnad (Bnad), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

6 - looks like a cheap Navajo knockoff

8 - It's not pretty, but I kind of like the mexican-blanket parallel lines quality

8 is more 'navajo' than 6 (three gray hills?)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

With #4, the decor/room colors won't matter (whatever predominates will bring that color out from the rug) and the busy-ness will disappear and just reflect texture - with the bolder/simpler patterns, the big blots of color will stay obvious. Also, stains/wear tend to show up more on the less busy ones. The faux-Navajo ones grate on me, maybe because of overexposure when living in Phoenix.

#2 made me think "Pac-man!". Two Gray Hills rugs are always a natural palette and generally have the traditional ojo/diamond patterns.

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

4 is the least jangly, it's true, but if you like #2 the best, Bnad, you should just get it! To hell with the rest of us!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

I have a long history of atrocious decorating taste or more simply decorating ineptitude. What if I end up hating #2 after two months? What if visitors tease me or whisper about my rug behind my back?

― Bnad (Bnad), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

i was hoping this was a markelby thred

― gear (gear), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not sure I understand your description of the decor, but as far as I do, it actually seems like 3 or 7 might fit in best.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

get 4, the rest will make it like you live in a tipi or something and are going to tell stories and call yourself running wolf but maybe that's what you want

― nazi bikini (harbl), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

Also, the very center of #4 represents a nexus point between our worlds.

― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

4, 6, or 9.

― isadora (isadora), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:18 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks, Gab -- I knew I could count on you.

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.bunteauction.com/pasthighlites/navajo_rug.jpg

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

That is such a cool rug! Too bad about those Nazis. Rug-wreckers!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

I coveted this Pottery Barn kilim, but I dragged my feet and now the larger ones are not available.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

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― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.jozan.net/2006/Afghan_War_Rug_Exhibition.asp

― Bnad (Bnad), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

4 or 8

― Zora (Zora), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

I've just realised my mum has 4, or something very close. It looks good on her wooden floors.

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

My parents have a couple of rugs that are kind of like 4, too -- but a little more err...glossy and new. They need to get most of the pile worn off before they'll be really interesting, and frankly the floral-y intricate daintyness of them is almost offensive. Now, I can tell that 4 is actually geometric and not floral at all, but I just find the pattern...unassuming. Unassertive. "Goes with your furniture and makes a good background." Which I guess is sometimes what you want in a rug! But taken with the other options above it seems like you're looking for something more striking in its own right.

2 is kind of crazy in a good way!

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

i bet this thread isn't even about rugs at all. it's psychology, it's a test. like, if you like rugh #5, you have ADHD; if #2, OCD; if #7, agoraphobia. it is possible.

my first 'i like that' reaction was #9. i do not know what this means.

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

or we are being recruited for an elite squad of superfighters via rug choice.

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

xpost: Psychosis.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

I hope this isn't the case, because if it were my ignoring of the question and posting a rug with lots of guns on it wouldn't paint me in the most positive light.

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

#1 reminds me of a rug my parents had when I was a child.

― Matt Olken (Moodles), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

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The rugs of war.

― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

An Afghanistani war-rug:

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― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

― a little knowledge can go a long way (lfam2), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

WAHT

The second of those two I posted BEFORE the first...

― Scourage (Haberdager), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

4
5
nazi

― jim wentworth (wench), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 22:46 (nineteen years ago)

seven years pass...

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We had one of these rugs growing up

What kind of rug is this

What's its name

I feel like all the rug stores we visited all had this kind of rug

Dope rug

― 龜, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 00:12 (eleven years ago)

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