It's ok cause it seems in the fireplace...

Sorry what is the purpose of a hearth rug it seems to me to be a fire hazard so does not make sense . Is your hearth concrete it looks like it on my monitor . It look like what you have now is a wood stove insert so really not much problem with embers shooting onto your floor so in such a small space I would forgo the hearth rug I did look up what the purpose was .

Thank you Patricia for researching it. The hearth rug is fire proof from LLBean and we have another one we have used we are just looking for a better look for the room. My husband agrees with you but he said he does like something soft there for his knees when he is doing a fire. The wood burning insert is contained so embers would only fly out when he opens the door to adjust the fire.

Why can’t he just use the rug when he needs it? Or could we find a better option for when he does a fire?

Does anyone like this one better?

The hearth rug detracts from your area rug in my opinion, so I would only use it when needed and roll it up and put out of sight when not building a fire or cleaning out the ash.

The banded one doesn't seem very different than the one you have.

Oh MY word........ Please ditch that rug thing? Get him a pair of garden knee pads, and put them out there where you store the wood! Those things are sooooo old lady: ( That's why you only find them in fireplace stores and LL Bean. Nobody wants them. You're not old enough either. You can hide these right in that little log carrier. You can hide a simple kneeling pad in it too!! Either!

https://www.amazon.com/BeGrit-Gardening-Protectors-Protective-Scrubbing/dp/B07M7S4VMB/ref=sr_1_36?gclid=Cj0KCQiArozwBRDOARIsAHo2s7uxphOrpOqubH_dPdWowWU__qhxUrAVfIJ6zdffoN2Vr-5PRqvJxoUaAgHIEALw_wcB&hvadid=323322139108&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9005654&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t2&hvqmt=b&hvrand=15207581416573093648&hvtargid=aud-836690481282%3Akwd-296171421340&hydadcr=23318_9903865&keywords=best+gardening+knee+pads&qid=1577273521&sr=8-36

link to kneeling pad

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TBYZSKG?aaxitk=9zFH7i03z7xGYkv.K3b8oQ&pd_rd_i=B07TBYZSKG&pf_rd_p=591760d1-6468-480f-9b10-0ee9c85706fd&hsa_cr_id=9918372180501&sb-ci-n=asinImage&sb-ci-v=https%3A%2F%2Fm.media-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F91rkfxd3j-L.jpg&sb-ci-a=B07TBYZSKG

Thanks, Jan! The gardening knee pad sounds like a great idea for him. Going to order it now!!

Hands clapping here!! Maybe he'll even pull some weeds from your garden ? : ) Nah.........................