For about a year now, I’ve been wanting to add a cowhide rug to our living room, collecting images on Pinterest, and generally swooning every time I saw one layered over a natural rug. After I bought a round rug for under our stairs, and two new runners for the kitchen, my husband was teasing over the weekend and said, “We have so many rugs, we now have a rug on a rug!” Yes, that’s true. I’ve been doing everything I can (short of buying this beauty) to try to obscure the baby-safe ottoman we have now:) I think the layered rug, or “rug on a rug” helps:)
I knew I wanted a light cowhide rug as opposed to black and white, and found one recently for a decent price at
Z Gallerie. It’s so soft and gorgeous in person, but not nearly as gray as the Z Gallerie online picture. It’s more greige and cream.
Speaking of rugs, the rug our cowhide rests on was an investment I’m so glad I made. I still love this chevron patterned natural fiber rug from
Crate & Barrel. It was one of the first big purchases I made for our new home when we moved in two years ago and I’m still crazy about it. It’s really soft and we haven’t had any problem with stains yet.
And since I had my camera out, I thought I’d show you that our Fiddle Leaf Fig is still thriving. I check the water level once a week, but have only watered it once or twice (in a month). It arrived very well-watered and I’ve been told that if it isn’t in direct sunlight, it won’t drink as much, and overwatering is bad.
And if you read yesterday’s post, you know I’m adding pops of the color lime everywhere. The apples in this silver bowl are helping add energy to the room, instead of beige overload. I’d like to also add a couple more colorful pillows to the sofa, but I’m pretty content with what we have now.
The pillows above are from Home Goods (the lettered one) and Crate & Barrel (the Ikat one).
And I just couldn’t resist giving you a glimpse of the rest of the room, part of our real life, lest you think that a toddler doesn’t also share this living room:)
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I love the cowhide rug and the layering you did with it! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with a rug problem. (My husband thinks it a problem, I disagree.)
The rug-on-rug look looks awesome! And love to see the kids stuff over to the side 😉
This cowhide is the perfect color! Looks beautiful, and I love the layered look. xocal
First, I love that you included your kids toys in the picture. Makes me feel better!!
Your home is so gorgeous! I love the all the white. I LOVE white.I love the plant and the new rug too!
ohhh i love this!! it looks great in your living room!
beautiful! I love that plant, where did you get it?
Love the layered look. And the plant is doing wonderfully! And great 'real life' shot. We have a corner very similar to that in our living room too.
Love the added layer. Glad you showed James's side, wouldn't want people thinking he only gets to play with apples! LOL
Beautiful! And thanks for the dose of reality – I always get curious when I know someone has kids but their living rooms are spotless because mine rarely are!!
Amy- the plant is from Houston Interior Plants.
Love your house! Where dod you get your coffee table/ottoman. Looking for one like that.
Thanks,
Annie
Love your house! Where dod you get your coffee table/ottoman. Looking for one like that.
Thanks,
Annie
The layered rugs really add so much character to the room! Love it! The new tree is so pretty too. Adds great color to the room. Hmmm I have a place I could use a tree. 🙂 And yes of course James has to have his toys!! haha too cute!
I love the layered rug look and yours looks great! I wish we could have rugs in our house. WE removed all of ours a few years ago because they just collected all the hair from our cat and dog. Someday though I am gong to have rugs again.
Thanks for sharing the picture of all of the toys. I love seeing the real side of life.
The white cowhide looks great on top of the other rug! I love your tree of course too!
So pretty, Megan! Love this extra layer.
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I LOVE it! Ive been dreaming of a cow hide rug too! Im holding off b/c I just bought a chevron rug like two months ago and my hubby would freak if I changed it out again. Yours looks awesome! and love the "real life" shot- we all have to "live" in our homes.
The cowhide rug looks great (kitchen ones do too). LOVE the tree.
LOL on the toys in the corner; when we built our home many years ago, I had a large oversized closet added to our family room with a pocket door to store all of the "boys toys" (husband and toddler), I had my son's toys on the lower shelves and then some upper shelves to store all of the CDs, etc. It worked great. Most homes don't have a place to store all of these toys.
Oh how I love the pale/albino hides- yours is perfect. And agreed on the fig and watering…I was watering once a week and it was beyond soaked…scaling back ever since.
Looks really pretty in there, Megan. I love the new rug and how it has all come together. Love the pops of lime, too.
LOVE the rug…it's a perfect touch! And the throw pillows are gorgeous. Haha, and the toddler section is totally keeping it real! Love it!
The last picture is hilarious! You think it's all so perfect and boom! So cute! And the rug is beautiful too!
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Love rug on rug. Men just don't get it. My guy's the same way.
Thanks for the "behind the scenes" shot!
The rug is perfect for that space! I love it over the chevron rug too! And seeing that tree again makes me really want to order one — if only we had a little extra room in our apartment!
I love the rug on rug!! I'm kind of a rug hoarder, too…always looking at them! In in the market for 3 right now. what?! 🙂 Your tree looks great too…nice shiny leaves! Did you put something on them?
The rug is so awesome!! It looks great in there. I adore that layered look!
One well designed and soooo cozy living room, huge well done. I've recently purchased a similar rug from Cuero Interiors and am mega happy with it, but was just wondering where did you get the ottoman from.
One well designed and soooo cozy living room, huge well done. I've recently purchased a similar rug from Cuero Interiors and am mega happy with it, but was just wondering where did you get the ottoman from.
Love the cowhide and love the C&B rug underneath. Where did you get your sofa?
I love the sense of harmony among the furniture and fixtures in your living room. The cowhide rug you placed gave your living room a different kind of spunk. Your husband might think that you have too many carpets, but the way you placed it works well. Carpets and rugs are indeed a good investment.
Your newest follower! Would love for you to follow back! This living room is fantastic!! Love the rugs, I have been wanting a cowhide too!!
Love the rug, it looks wonderful and adds so much interest. Beautiful room. Hugs, Marty
Love the COUCH! Where is it from??
Love the couch where is it from? Trying to find something kid Friendly for my 4 boy's under 10. TY Love ALL of your designs.
is this rug still available? The only one I see on the website is gray and white.
can you tell me where the drapes in your living room are from? thanks, you have a beautiful home
Wow!!! Beautiful taste! Can you please tell me where you bought you couch?
Beautiful home. Can you please let me know where you bought your couch?!