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We needed a new rug for the area in front of the kitchen sink. Since there are rumors that summer is on its way, I figured something bright and cheery would be nice. I saw a fun striped rug at Crate and Barrel that would work. I imagined it being enhanced by fresh cut summer flowers...
I put it down yesterday... it was a bit brighter than I expected, and had more colors than I expected, but that's not bad. Like I said, it's a summer rug for the sink area. It's not a huge commitment.
Last night when coming in from taking the dogs out, I don't know if it was the change in lighting or just looking at it from a different angle and seeing it against everything else, but it looked different. It was no longer a bright, striped rug, it was a freaking serape. I bought a damn serape... and because it looks so much like a serape, in a room that is not exactly serape-friendly, it stands out.
I groaned and yelled, "This isn't a rug! It's a serape I bought a serape!!" Grizzled said he had thought that earlier, but I seemed so happy with the rug, he didn't say anything. However, now that I've mentioned it, he has taken to humming this whenever he walks past...
Color coordination? We don't need no stinking color coordination!
Posted by: Brando | May 04, 2011 at 01:41 PM
Does it really tie the room together?
Actually you appear to have bought a Bridget Riley painting.
Posted by: herr doktor bimler | May 04, 2011 at 04:16 PM
Well then I'd better stop walking on it.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 04, 2011 at 04:18 PM
Don't worry about matchy-matchy. I love it! Bring the color indoors, I say!
Posted by: blue girl | May 04, 2011 at 04:39 PM
LOL! BG I was just thinking of Nina Garcia saying, "It's too matchy-matchy!"
I actually prefer things not being matchy-matchy... that's not the case. I think what got me was that I saw one thing and then saw a completely different thing. It kind of threw me for a loop. It's like those psychological images where you see the young woman and then see the crone, and after you've seen the crone, you can't NOT SEE HER! :)
Posted by: Jennifer | May 04, 2011 at 04:47 PM
LOL at "Mexican Music"
I hope you take the invitation to drink margaritas while doing dishes at the sink.
Posted by: Kathleen | May 04, 2011 at 05:09 PM
KATHLEEN IS AN ANGEL!!!
Excellent idea!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | May 04, 2011 at 05:10 PM
Yes, Kathleen has the idea!
Posted by: blue girl | May 04, 2011 at 08:22 PM
The Serapes of Wrath. "I'll be there ma, when a woman doing the dishes and drinking tequila starts jumping around shouting Ole, I'll be there"
Posted by: Another Kiwi | May 04, 2011 at 08:41 PM
LOL!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | May 04, 2011 at 08:46 PM
Grizzled said he had thought that earlier, but I seemed so happy with the rug, he didn't say anything.
You have trained him well.
Posted by: zombie rotten mcdonald | May 04, 2011 at 09:10 PM
The Serapes of Wrath.
Yes! This made me smile.
Rock on, peoples!
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Posted by: ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© | May 04, 2011 at 09:14 PM
I keep wanting to say it as "ser-ah-pee" as in "therapy."
Posted by: Mandos | May 04, 2011 at 10:52 PM
There was a hint in the product description. The stripes lend a 'global' accent.
I think it is beautiful, but then, I live in Texas and I painted a serape on my daughter's bedroom ceiling.
Posted by: Karla | May 05, 2011 at 06:56 AM
You have trained him well.
I suspect it's that Grizzled is well-versed in the number one male rule of marriage: a happy wife is a happy husband.
Posted by: Brando | May 05, 2011 at 09:34 AM
I want to be adopted into your family forever.
I'm moving in to the basement.
Tonight.
Posted by: Von | May 05, 2011 at 01:28 PM
Wow! Voluntarily going to the basement! I don't know what to say!
FYI Von, you're already a (in)voluntary member. :) We don't make just anyone sit through recitals...
Posted by: Jennifer | May 05, 2011 at 01:33 PM
Happy on-time Cinco de Mayo!!
we spent lunch watching ballet folklorico
Posted by: Kathleen in Oakland | May 05, 2011 at 03:45 PM
I've senor ballet folklorico... :)
Posted by: Jennifer | May 05, 2011 at 04:01 PM
LOL
Posted by: Kathleen in Oakland | May 05, 2011 at 04:18 PM