Doing It Myself Makes Me Happy!

Large oriental rug, peach, brown, creamAnd it also saved me $300.  Not bad for around three hour’s work, or $100 an hour. Hey, that’s lawyer pay!

As you can see from the picture, we have a beautiful Oriental rug in our entryway.  We bought it 15+ years ago in one of those infamous “going out of business” sales that seem to be a constant event in rug stores.  This one was happening because (we were told, anyway) the owner had leukemia and was having to sell the store.  Maybe it was true; I certainly don’t want to sound unsympathetic.  Be that as it may, we took some time going through the massive piles on the showroom floor and spotted this one.  I fell in love on the spot.  The colors were so different from the typical blues and reds.  And it was only $1,200.00, which I think was a pretty good deal.  I loved looking at all the different colors, all so artistically combined.

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