The rug is lovely but I just wonder if the whole ensemble won't look too busy and disjointed, especially if the colors are even just a little bit off. My inclination would be to go with a solid rug that is one color of the striped material and to have it bound with an edging of another one of the colors. That would I think give a very coordinated, put-together look.

I like the rug and think it will work nicely with the pieces that you have ordered. The key to making it work well is consistency.

These are fairly strong colours and patterns. If you maintain that degree of intensity in your choice of accessories and fittings, looking for things that have some visual interest, then it will blend and won't end up looking overly busy.

If you put too many simple journeyman-like pieces in there, they will serve to emphasise the workings of the rug and floral upholstery fabric. Your eye weill not notice anything else. The result will not be cohesive and the room will forever look lioke a work in progress.

What do I mean by that ?? Well, let's say that you're going to put a candy dish somewhere... don't buy a beautifully simple crystal dish with flat lines and no detailing. Regardless of how beautigful or finely crafted it is it's going to look out of place unless you fill it with lots of little things to give it some visual texture. What will work is something that has some fluidity and curve to it, a bit of detailing, echoing the floral and eastern influences in the carpet and furniture.

Don't go too far though, nothing French Provincial or Louis-like ;).

That said, there should be the odd solid item - a picture frame, a solid colour pillow, etc

Walls should be solid of course, the most you'd want to do might be a subtly striped wallpaper, but an eggshell paint finish in a buttery/tea-stain colour will work wonderfully to give some warmth and hold everything together.

Keep posting pics - it's nice to watch as things progress :)

I just love the food for thought I get from the replies here. Do you have a specific color in mind when you say buttery tea stain color? My walls right now are papered and that is going to be a project to remove all that. I have been looking at colors and thinking I would do a green, but if you could name a color I will look in that family. I have one dark accent wall on the fireplace wall. Everyone loves the way that wall looks, but I am open to trying something new. Ingrid I was kind of worried about it being disjointed too.. i guess I may wait and see how it looks with the furniture. Thanks!

I don't think the rug is going to work but I would wait until the pieces you've ordered have been delivered and see how they look together in the room. According to my monitor, the colors in the fabrics are not similar to the colors in the rug. When it comes to rugs and carpeting, I always find whatever I need on the Masland website. They have such a variety of colors, and are not what you see in every other rug dealer you look at.

I really do like the fabrics you've chosen, great colors!

Thanks what is the Masland Website?

Ok I found the Masland website. THere are some beautiful rugs there. Which brings me to another question. Should I look for a solid color, maybe textured? Can I do a pattern with this? I'm terrible at figuring out what goes with what. If anybody has pictures of what they think would work, i'd sure appreciate it. Thanks

I don't think you're going to need a new rug. it looks pretty nice actually. Some may say the rug looks red, and the fabric looks burgundy, but too many people get caught up in matching EXACTLY. no good. I would stick with what you have, it looks great. in the meantime, this is a fun style guide for handmade rugs

Here is a link that might be useful: STYLE GUIDE

Your rug is beautiful, and since you already have it, I'd wait and see how the new furniture looks with it before replacing it with another. I agree with Stinkytufted -- I don't think a rug needs to be an exact match to the furniture; rather, it should be a harmonious blend, and it looks to me like that's what you'll have in these pieces.

Hi all, it's been a few days since I checked in here - thank you for all your opinions. I'm going to wait then, until the furniture arrives and see how it looks with this rug. If it's not good I can always just pick the rug up and leave the floor bare until I find something. Meanwhile, sailormann suggested a buttery teastain color for the walls. It sounds interesting but I can't put my finger on a color that would match that description. If anyone can give me a color name I can check it out. Thanks so much to everyone.

BARGAIN, best of luck :)

Am I Missing something here?

Anita, in your first picture you had cardboard with the name Thomasville printed on it which was holding the fabric samples and it occurred to me that this color went particularly well with the fabric samples. I wonder if something along that line would be suitable for your wall color. I think "tea stained" does refer to colors that have a muted hue, the way a white material would look if you were to dip it into tea.

Ingrid that is an interesting point. I"m going to pull out the samples and look at the color of the cardboard. Thanks.
So the 'buttery tea stain' would be a yellow or tan that is muted. thanks, Ingrid.