New Ralph Lauren Rug in the Dining Room

I love light and airy decor and, of course, blue and white! Today I’m sharing how I added a touch of elegance and how simply reconfiguring the dining room and adding a new Ralph Lauren rug made the room feel completely new and fresh.

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Our Old Rug

Okay, we’ve had the same rug in our dining room for 8 years. I LOVED our Safavieh Rug BUT after 8 years with two boys and two dogs – lots of vacuum sessions and some sickness with dogs the rug was looking less than fresh.

It really stood up to a good beating, but it was certainly time for a change. Here’s how our rug was looking:

I loved that Moroccan element and I also loved the price. The bold blue and white always made my heart happy when I caught a glimpse of it. I also really loved the price. We paid something like $250 on Overstock (which is now Bed Bath and Beyond) for this rug.

Max was really sick last week. He’s better now, but the tired rug got one more dose of dog sickness and I told Luke I thought it was time to do something new in here.

A New Ralph Lauren Rug for the Dining Room

I knew I wanted something different but not sure what. So we took a ride up to HomeGoods. Our local HomeGoods has a wonderful selection of large rugs hanging in the back of the store. We flipped through all of them taking into account our furnishings, white walls, and my love for Cornishware.

We saw a few that could work and then we saw this one:

We both loved it and got worried when another couple started looking at it. This was the only one without a price tag. We asked an associate and they said it was $399, which we thought was an unbelievable price for an 8 x 10 100% wool rug.

I checked online and it’s compared at $1300 for that same size. This is the rug on Wayfair – it’s on sale for $924 (30% off in case you like it and can’t find it at HomeGoods).

I, of course, couldn’t wait to get the rug down. So the next day we vaccuumed and cleaned then rolled out the rug.

Max immediately liked it, while Poppy didn’t seem to notice:

The lighting isn’t great because the sun was going down but I got a few in progress shots:

Look how pretty it is. The pile is gorgeous.

I love the design and the the muted blues. We decided to center the medallion in the middle of the room. Before we brought the table back in I had the idea of reconfiguring the layout. What if we turned the table?

So Luke and Conor brought it in this way, and guess what? I really like it like this. It really makes the room feel spacious.

Our Dining Room Before

If you’re new around here, I thought I’d show you want it looked like before.

The dining table used to run the length of the room and it always felt like the people on the ends were in the doorways.

Here’s another view:

I know the above photo is a little dark, but you can kind of see how the table takes up the whole room with not much space for movement through. With the new layout the room feels so much more spacious and that we could even fit more chairs around for parties.

The New Elegant Layout

I, of course, took this opportunity to do a bit of styling and spring jooging to showcase this little refresh. Who knew a new rug and shifting furniture around could invigorate the space.

Here’s how it looks now:

A glimpse from the kitchen (please don’t mind the boxes they’re for shipping items for our online shop).

I had so much fun playing with flowers to style the space. Perfect for welcoming spring! I feel like I could write a whole other post about the flowers so I’ll do that.

Here you can see through the columns looking in from the living room:

The Next Morning…

I had just taken these photos and the next morning woke up to see Poppy had been sick all over the new rug. Just my luck!!!! I should have left the 8 year old rug down! Most of the stains are out but there are still two remaining which I’m working hard to remove. Keep your fingers crossed. Life sure is never dull with kids and dogs!

More Ralph Lauren Rugs I Like

I really wanted to go with 100% wool and I didn’t want to do jute or seagrass because it’s really hard to clean up sickness with the dogs. Here are some more Ralph Lauren rugs I like:

Sources

I know you all like to know sources so I’ll leave a list here. Many of the items in here are vintage or antique. Let me know if you have any questions.

• Wall Color – Mascapone by Benjamin Moore
• Linen Curtains – Ikea
• Bamboo Roman Shades – Home Depot, read more here
• Rug – Ralph Lauren from HomeGoods
• Dining Table – Luke built with reclaimed legs and reclaimed wood. Read more here.
• Dining Chairs – Ikea (no longer make these exact ones)
• Chandelier – Vintage
• Blue cabinet – Vintage, I painted it here
• Cornishware – Mix of new and vintage, more here and here
• Shell Mirror – Brimfield
• Oil Painting – John Fragassi from Afterglow Gallery

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