I've felt bad, that no one has answered your post. I can't say that ours is very exciting. The floor in our kitchen is ceramic tile, and we were a little nervous about scratches across the tile, or broken ones. So we bought a 6'x9' piece of carpet - nothing fancy, just plain beige - to go underneath the table and chairs. We don't have small children, but in the event that someday we have grandchildren (I'm in no hurry), it's easily cleaned and vacuumed, or replaced cheaply.

I have never been successful in posting a photo here - I don't think Tripod will allow it - so here's the link to my dining room table and carpet.

DonnaR/CA

Here is a link that might be useful: Donna's dining room rug

I have a red oriental semi-antique that I bought through Ebay a few years ago. My Dining room has been repainted in a more greyed olive color and I am changing out the dining set, but here is a shot of the rug....

And buying your rug first will help a lot in choosing paint and accessories. Your rug will be the backbone of the room, it will set the tone. I like the persians a lot and was pleased to find a big one for under $300.

Red

Here is a link that might be useful:

This is a photo of our diningroom rug, a 9x11 Pakistani-style rug that we purchased from ABC Carpet and Home in NYC. We finally have our table set up now but, unfortunately, we don't have any photos on our computer yet.

Meg - you found your rug? Yay!

No, Tryin2grow, that is our diningroom rug--said while hanging her head in procrastinating, indecisive shame. How odd is it that it was easier to find a 9x11 rug than a "normal" 8x10 rug?

I narrowed down the livingroom rug to two rugs but am concerned that one is too colorful, if that makes any sense. And the other one I like is being made right now and won't be delivered for five months. It's taken me so long already that I don't know if I can stand that additional wait. I'm going to pick up the 6x9 that the store has to see how it looks in our house, and then compare it to another rug that a store is holding for me (another Costco "bargain"), and will finally make a decision, I hope.

Sorry for the hijack but thanks for your continued interest, T2G. I'll get a rug one of these days, I'm sure.

Oh, and btw, one of the rugs that I couldn't find locally turned out to be another Jaipur rug. Go figure!