It depends on your decor and colors. Can you post pix? FWIW, these look nice to me.

I think it also depends on the color of your dog! ; ) Black magnifies light colored debris, fibers and hair. Patterns hide a multitude of sins.

Thanks guys! I made a link to the pics on photobucket because I thought they would be too big and too many to post and I'm not good at resizing.

As far as colors go -- foyer is BM Guilford Green, Kitchen is the same color only with 50% less pigment so it's lighter. Living room (off foyer) walls are a cream in your coffee SW Softer Tan with sagey green couches, rug with touches of beige, red, sage, taupe. Dining Room - (viewed from living room and kitchen) walls are BM Yarmouth Blue with white wainscoating. All trim is white.

I like the idea of black in the foyer because I know it will hide dirt from people & animals coming in from outside. I also like black for the kitchen because I have little touches of black in light fixture, paper towel holder and knobs from stove.

Spring Meadow -- you're right --- I have a white dog that sheds. For that reason, I originally had a beige sisal rug in the foyer. It didn't show the hair but really showed dirt and was very hard to clean. So... I figured that with a black rug I would have to do a lot of vacuuming but at least it would look clean.

Please click the link below for pictures of my foyer and kitchen.

Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: Pics of Foyer and Kitchen

pattern, pattern, pattern. I have two orange long-haired cats...I have area rugs all over the place and believe me, patterned rugs work the best! They are very forgiving of fur and hair (and the occasional hairball....)

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Rutty -- thanks for posting the pics!

Ok - so I'm hearing that pattern is important but does anyone have suggestions about colors?

Tant

What beautiful spaces you have and a lovely palette

Is your front door frequently used? do i see a waterhog type mat in that area? I have one at my back (most frequently used door)

I personally LOVE, LOVE, LOVE wool rugs - I find that they hold up better than any other, have natural soil/dirt resiliency, and patterned ones are VERY forgiving. That said I think a nice patterned one in the kitchen with some orange/terra cotta tones would be well suited.

I did quick search rugs usa below

I'll ck back & more ideas for foyer
http://www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/safavieh-an516/sage/101AN516A-960136.html

Here is a link that might be useful: rugs usa

Beautiful home!
I would love to see accents of terracotta/watermelon...like one of your bowls on your counter. Pretty wool runners with black and watermelon~~ lots of pattern!

For your kitchen, like another poster, I would use a bold colored rug to match w/your bowls ! Or a soft green like your adjoining walls

Thanks everyone for the kind comments :o). My house has been quite the ugly duckling but we are slowly trying to turn it around.

It's interesting that you are all coming up with orange/terracotta/watermelon. I've never considered those colors but the more I think about them -- the more they are growing on me. That's why I love this forum --- to get a fresh perspective!

While considering the suggestions above, I picked out several rugs that are a bit out of my comfort zone but I'm hoping you guys can kindly steer me down the right path.

Check it out:

From Overstock's:

Whaddya guys think?

I can't see the pics of your home, but here are some rugs you may want to check out for certain areas of the house. There are two lines of their poly-acrylic rugs, the EZ care and Total Performance. Both lines can be hosed down but I think the Total Performance group is more plush.

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I have rugs throughout my house and no two are the same. They all are similar in pattern/design and have at least one color in common (Rust). The DR is mostly black but has enough coral/rust to pick up the deeper rust & blue rug in the entry and the rust/green rug in the LR.

One suggestion on ordering rugs: you may want to order their smallest rug to check the color before ordering a large size. I've found colors on the monitor aren't very true when it comes to rugs!

I love the first 3 rugs from overstock that you posted. In particular the first one *top left.If you did want "coordinated" rugs though, then the other 2 runners from overstock would work really nicely together as well.

Tant

What happened to your pics? It will be difficult for others to vote w/o the pics

I like #4 & #6 for the kitchen - *Look at the colors of your island cabinetry

#9 for foyer area

good luck

What a PITA. I reorganized my pics then realized I broke the links. I put them back to their original spots -- got the links to work again ( they were working before I went to bed last nite and now this morning -- no pics!)

Here they are again:

So, basically need 4 rugs:

* 1 rug at my front door in foyer
* 1 runner in the hallway connecting foyer to kitchen
* 2 runners for either side of the island in the kitchen

I like the ideas of terracotta/salmon/orange for the kitchen. But I'm not so sure about the foyer. My adjacent living room has a rug that has a lot of colors that would clash with terracotta/orange.

A pic is worth a thousand words so here's a shot of my living room rug (along with Kristy):

Also, should the rug in front of the front door in foyer and the runner in the hallway connecting foyer to kitchen match? Just trying to figure out how to segue from one rug to the next as they would flow from one room to the other.

Out of the rugs from USA, I think #3,5 &7 will work together. I'm basing this on your wall colors and wood tones but until you have the rug(s) in you home, and against your hardwood floors, it will be difficult to know what works best. On my monitor the other rugs have too much yellow/green for your house.

I would put two of the same runners on each side of the island, and #7 (the last pic) should work well in your entry....based on color.