Really like the last three. I was going to suggest a wool blend sisal/jute/natural rug. They're soft on the feet and don't come apart. I love your LR, it's so beachy and rustic looking. I think a wool-blend sisal would be so beautiful in there. And actually, the rug I have in my bedroom (which doesn't photograph well at all) would be absolutely perfect and gorgeous in your LR, with that slipcovered furniture and the clapboard floor.

Here is a closeup.

#1, #3, #7, #8 Those are the ones that appeal to me for your LR. But the Pics of the room aren't easy to see what might look best.
I do want to know the make/model of all of those rugs however as we have a similar color palette and esthetic and you have done "shopping" for me ;)
I love your house and that playroom WOW.
Favorites are First one and Last one I guess. Both ends of the spectrum as color goes.

7 or 8 look just like b/w and sepia photos. Out of those two I think 8 will better ground the room and add a bit of warmth without losing the bright airy feeling you presently have.

Always love seeing more pics of your home.

I really like #1 and, like missymoo, I'd love to know specifics. We've had better luck with jute than you, but I think our 2 small ones and possibly the big one may need to be replaced after being soaked. I'd love to know the source for several of the rugs you posted.

I vote for #1. Love your home!

I feel a little uncomfortable offering my vote because I have been long struggling around a few of these choices myself (1. 3. 5) I think I lean towards 1 for your home and what I remember of your decor.. but I don't think I can articulate why. I think I like the way it would work with your woods and the rattan coffee table that you have long ago abandoned lol.

FWIW, I lean towards 3 and 5 for my home. I do have color in my home and my artwork but I also tend to black and white photography and neutral tones. Albumins are my vintage photos of choice.

Rug info:

1: Safavieh Oushak Light Brown/ Light Brown
2: Westminster Agra Slate
3: Safavieh Oushak Cream/ Cream
4: Safavieh Lyndhurst Mashad Grey/ Beige
5: Safavieh Oushak Grey/ Gold
6: Izmir Floral Masshad Grey
7: Savafieh Vintage Grey/ Cream
8: Safavieh Vintage Soft Anthracite

All images are from Overstock but I sourced them out all over. Just happened to grab the images off of Overstock.

Thanks Missymoo!
Roarah - I'm going to look at the last one closer. Right now my favorites are 4 & 5.

Daisychain - I have 2 of the flat weave rugs. One I temporarily moved up to DD's room until I found a rug for her and it's held up very well. In the LR/FR - not so much. I think that it's just because of the way that it's made & not the material. It's essentially a braided rug but made out of jute. The stitching fell apart first and once the braided strand was loose from the braided strand that it was once sewn next to, the grass started breaking apart.

My MBR natural rug is all weaved together - no sewing. It's so nice!

5 is my favorite; 1 is close, and 3 is a maybe. I think 4 looks too busy or too crisp, but it could be the photo. 7 and 8 seem too cold with none of the warmth you seem to want.

For me #7 looks interesting. The faded glory has its own charm which matches well with the interiors of monochrome furniture. However the intricate carvings are not that appealing as they are in others but for me #7 would work fine.

I like 5 for its bluish tones and yet it is still light. I also like 3 for its light colors and Golding tones. I like 1 but not sure I like iy as much as 3 and 5. I think 5 is my fave.

Look forward to hearing what you decide.

From your pictures, I perceive you want more traditional, and formal? I like the one tribbix posted, casual, but with the right accessories, could still bring formality to the room.

I also might add, a friend ordered a similar rug from overstocker last summer, and it's quite light weight as well as needing something underneath to hold it in place. Just an FYI.

I've always enjoyed seeing pictures of your home. 1, 3 or 5. The last two are a visual muddy mess and lack the warmth you love, imo.

There is flat weave, then their is soumak. Soumak rugs are normally thicker than those labeled "flat weave." You cannot kill a soumak.

patty_cakes, while it is a wool-blend rug, it is lightweight and not difficult to manage at all. I do have a good non-slip rug pad underneath it, and the rug is very nice on the feet. I really love the soft, earthy tones in the rug. Normally I try to not get into the "this is what I have and so you should have it" thing, but I really think the Hampton rung would be just gorgeous in that living room of Foxes'.

ONLY caveat with this rug, though, is that one end is small fringe and is very ugly. The Rug Merchant, where I bought it, bound the rug for me, all four edges, much like a sisal rug, so now it's beautiful. But I knew that was the rug the second I saw it…but that fringe would have been a deal breaker for me if they hadn't offered to bind it for me (at no charge, no less!).

Pic of it in my room, and again, it does not photograph well, either by me OR on the Web sites. It is a thousand times nicer looking IRL. You can see the subtle binding they put on the perimeter

Also check out Sas's rug in the top (as of now) thread, "Seeking LR window treatment advice."

Oh, I love that rug too.

Foxes Thank you so much for posting the rug info. I have been looking at a bunch of safavieh rugs myself and thought the last two looked familiar.
So I showed my DH this thread, your pictures and rug choices. His choices: 2 and 8.
His comment "the lighter rugs don't really go with the casual slipcovers as well" So there you have it - Deco advice from the man who has no opinions until after you shlep everything home, set it up, and pronounce it good; then he comments.
All of your choices would work well in the room. Rug choices are difficult, have to see it down in the room to really decide. I am trying to narrow to just a couple then I will buy the smallest size option as a trial.

I like 5,6,8.

Of the rugs you posted, I like #1.

~ crisp, excited, bright feeling
~ grey scale w/ warmth
~ warmth that I crave w/o the heavy color
~ old gold frames which give me the color & subtle sophistication
~ light, bright and 'crisp' but still warm feeling

I think #3.

I like 1,3, and 5.

So there you have it - Deco advice from the man who has no opinions until after you shlep everything home, set it up, and pronounce it good; then he comments.

Omigosh. I always wondered why it took DH so long to run errands. Now I know; he's secretly married to you.

#1 definitely, paired with #3 and/or #4.

I love #3 and #8 (actually have been looking for a distressed gray rug myself... putting that one on the list for sure).

I like the last one but not so sure about it in your room.

For some reason I am not feeling the love for any of these in your room. :) I hope you don't mind me saying that.

I think you usually have much stronger convictions too which makes me wonder if you have found the "one" if you are looking at so many. That could be me projecting since I did the same thing in my rug search for my family room a month or two ago!

1, 3 and 5, esp. 1. You have great taste and I love your dog.

I have always enjoyed pics of your home as it has evolved. It's always pretty and interesting.

I think I'd go with 4, 5, or 6. Definitely not 7 or 8- so depressing! 1& 3 are too bright, 2 is too muddy.

Can't wait to see what you do- please post pics!

Hands down, #3 and #5 for different rooms to coordinate.

I really like #1. Hope you don't mind me correcting you, but the lovely old mounted photos with the leaf are not daguerreotypes. But they are sweet!

It wasn't until I wrote this post that I realized how few current pictures of our home that I have. I will have to work on that! I guess once I stopped 'Serial Decorating/ Experimenting' that I stopped taking pictures.

Wow, Missymoo, your DH is so observant! I would not have thought of that but now that he's mentioned it, it seems dead on lol! I remember the first time my DH chimed in. It was shock and awe as it was unsolicited decorating thoughts from a man that I once stood in front of a wall and said 'What do you think?" to which he proceeded to say he like the new picture arrangement. I had painted the room from white to paper brown bag and rehung all of the pictures back in their same spots while he was at work. I shook my head and walked away. Never asked him what he thought again.

Allison - I agree - the last 2 are colder.

I definitely want a pile rug. Something comfy for when the kids lay on the floor. I remember the flat rag type rugs my mom had while I was growing up and I loved going to my friends homes and laying on their pile carpets.

Voila - thank you for the suggestion of coordinating! 5 is the one I am leaning towards most but it is not available in a a whole lot of sizes. The LR is smaller than the office/ playroom and will take a rug almost 2x's the size as the LR so I like your suggestion very much, thank you!

Boop - I don't mind at all! You know me well! I think I was gravitating very heavily towards #5 but wanted to hear what other's saw.

PeeGee - no those 2 are not daguerreotypes but after I'd typed everything out and started attaching pictures, I realized that I did not have a picture that showed any of my daguerreotypes. There is no special tarnish or 'silvery shimmer' to these that the types show when tilted just right. I think I am getting lazy lol!

I like 3, 5, and 7 (although 7 is maybe too gray). How about the Safavieh Vintage in Stone or Cream or Ivory

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I'm in love with your office/playroom!! I'm also very inspired by your post, as I can very much identify with the laboring over design decisions... I'm still at the stage of looking for my "decorating style," as I pull myself out of a decorating paralysis that's lasted for years. Trying to make progress in a couple of rooms right now, and figure out how to tie things together and achieve better flow. I still have a lot of that paranoia though of making mistakes as my style is still a work in progress...

Coincidentally, I'm also thinking about a new rug in our L.R. and thought I'd chosen one, but then decided to wait until I figure out what it is (other than the colors) that I'm not liking about what's currently in place... I've been considering a low pile (Kilim) rug for the looks, but my biggest fear there is that I'll regret it for the reason you mention (we spend an awful lot of time sitting/laying on that rug), and also it also hides stains extremely well (which is necessary with geriatric pets and young kids). So it works functionally, I just don't love it in our space.

Looking forward to seeing what your rooms look like now (if you post more pictures, which I'd love to see), and what rug(s) you choose. Thanks for the inspiration :)

TheFoxesPad, I love your home. When I saw the photo of the Office/playroom, I expected it to be an inspiration photo. I don't believe that the B&W wall photos 'lack warmth' as you say. There is actually quite a lot of variation of tonality -that seems to give warmth.

For play room rugs, I'd go for what ever is cheap that works the best. Until the kids grow out of a play room, I wouldn't invest in obvious heartache.

The upper part of your LR is lighter, I would tend toward the last rug, the taupe grey rug in your selections.

I would feel remiss if I didn't inform you that those are not Daguerreotypes that you showed. They are old photos, yes, but Daguerreotypes are made on silver coated metal and come in glass covered cases dated from about 1850-1860s. You showed paper prints mounted on cardboard. I would date them to the early 1900s, and they are probably gelatin prints.

Thanks Lilylore! I wrote my post and posted pics after when I realized that I didn't have any close up pics of my dageurreotypes. I was lazy and posted a close up of some of my old photos that I had. I am actually wondering if my dageureotypes are actually amber and/or tintypes.

I think that actual true black & whites using b&w film and printed in a dark room have more warmth than color pictures printed in black and white. I have a mix of all dating from mid 1800's I think to current hanging up. Because I think that straight b&w in black frames can look stark is why I mixed in the older photos.

Nosoccermom - I considered that rug to but decided that it probably wouldn't hide dirt too well. It is so pretty though isn't it?!

I love your rooms!
I'm not really feeling the yellow/gold tones for your room...they do go with your dog though!
I love the rugs nosoccermom posted. Especially the last one.
It's such a tough decision, good luck!

3 and 5. Have always loved what you've done with your home. Lovely!

3 and 5. Have always loved what you've done with your home. Lovely!

I miss seeing photos of your home. I like 1, 3, & 5. I also like the ones Nosoccer just posted.

I like #4 also, but that one doesn't strike me as 'you' as much as the others for some reason.

Foxes - if you can take a picture of the space you're planning the rugs for, from 'far back', I'll be glad to try to photoshop a few of these for you. Love the pictures of your home you've shown, the calm palette appeals strongly to me. As such, I liked best the last two greys you showed .... but this is why I photoshop; I need to see things in place (not a visualizer).

For me first four are the perfect ones as they have the traditional intricate carvings along with the medallions as well. It seems they are Afghan made rugs so there is no worrying about their durability.

Oldbat2be - that would be wonderful! I will see what I can do to getter a wider pic!