I was at Bloomingdale's on Sunday and they had a bunch of these quilted and over-dyed rugs. I thought you might like to see them. Excuse the quality of the photos, they were taken with an iPhone. I don't have an iPhone but I begged some guy to snap a few photos and e-mail them to me.
For the right place, I think they'd be kinda cool.
I have no idea what boho means but I think this is boho, right?
I really like the pale one lower right-hand corner. I might have to put it on my Christmas list.
What do you think? It's certainly a great way to recycle old, damaged rugs.
Are you serious about the iphone? You are too funny. I thought I was the only person on the planet without an iphone (that's how it feels some days). Very interesting patterns...I also prefer the pale one you liked.
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P.S. When is your birthday??!
Re: birthday, no I am not buying you a rug. Just wondering.
ReplyDeleteI love that look - the first one you show is definitely my fave.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I like the "dyed" part' I feel I would personally like to see their unique personality that took years to develop. A great way to recycle though!
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interesting. I could see in the right setting they would work well. now, did you know this guy or was it a complete random stranger:)!!
ReplyDeleteI saw them at Elte in Toronto and love them. They call them second life rugs. I think they would be great in a brownstone with light floors...
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, you'r right...it BOHO
What neat rugs. I would love any one of them. You find the neatest things.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking I might see these at building 19 next year. Are they antique rug remnants?
ReplyDeleteThese rugs certainly are interesting. Here's a stupid question: Does over-dyed mean they took the original carpet and bathed it in a vat of another colour?
ReplyDeleteI think it's a great way to recycle old carpets. Like a quilt. In the right setting it would look really cool. Maybe you need to get an iphone - ha.
ReplyDeleteYou know whose house they would look fab in?
ReplyDeleteThat's right, my house.
#3 would fit in the living/dining room.
GG's fear, that we will become crazy rug women might come true.
xo jane
Oh, definitely they're boho. Though I'm not entirely sure what it is either.
ReplyDeleteAsking someone to take photos and mail them to you? Please send some of your chutzpah in a brown paper parcel.
As for the rugs, I'm ambivalent. I see everyone raving on all the blogs and I'm the one in the corner, stroking their chin and not being quite convinced.
But I agree about the recycling aspect (though really, I prefer them to stay in one piece, threadbare and proud of it).
BoHo-Bohemian/and I love these rugs! I had no idea they'd be at Bloomingdales! When we were at Brimfield this past Spring, we went to a mall in Boston, or Framingham?? anyway, they had a store there called Rugby and it was the first place I'd ever seen one of these patchwork rugs - it was STUNNING! I wish I had taken pictures of my own, cause the whole store was fab, but I did find the posting on the opening of the store here: http://www.rugby.com/blog/post/2008/07/16/The-Inside-Guide-Rugby-Natick-Opens.aspx
ReplyDeleteYou can kinda see the rug in the first picture! I think one of these would be AMAZING in your house! If I could only figure out how to make one myself - lord knows we have enough Kilim pillows I could take apart!
...i would hang them like art...they are fabulous story tellers...
ReplyDeleteI like the look and love the muted overdyed image of the first rug
ReplyDeleteIt looks like blanket stitch which joins the rug pieces...Are they smooth to walk on or could one trip?
Helen
Deb, Yes, dipped in a color to unite all the pieces.
ReplyDeleteShelley, I know you want one so I'll let you know if I see them at Building 19.
PimpMyBricks, I agree with you. I'm not so sure.
Artie, I'll have to check this Rugby place out.
Helen,
The stitching is really tight so I don't think anyone would trip
yes, they are pretty cool. and i think they would look great in your place. is arte talking about rl rugby? i'm infatuated with the new rugby line. big surprise.
ReplyDeleteLove them! I think they'd be great in a dining room, study or family room!
ReplyDeleteNo iPhone here either . . . sometimes I just feel "too" connected . . .
They look really great. I especially like the more vibrant reds and yellows. Did you happen to catch the price range?
ReplyDeleteI don't have a iPhone either and my husband refuses to have a cellphone at all. He is the ultimate Luddite.
Kerry,
ReplyDeleteExpensive! $4000-ish. At ABC in NYC, they're more like $8000. I think they're too trendy to carry that kind of value.
I love the rugs! They are really fun and I love the idea of recycling old ones. But there is something wonderful about an old rather thread worn rug against a beautiful hardwood floor. It deserves to be preserved if possible. They are definitely out of my price range but I did find a hand loomed oriental rug at an auction a few months back and I only paid $27.50!
ReplyDeleteBoho-chic is a style of (female)fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences...(from Wikipedia).
ReplyDeleteIt was kinda popular back in the 60's and early 70's then again in the mid 2000's and now it's seeing a return to some fashions in clothing as well as decor.
You can get this sort of rug look sometimes by "marrying"/sewing several old rugs together that have too many worn spots in them.
Very art like in a trendy way, not a forever way.
ReplyDelete$4000!! That's just silly. I have spent <1000 on eBay for an intact,vintage Persian that is nice quality.
ReplyDeleteI still think they are kinda neat, just too dear.
I know. And next year, I think these will be about the same price.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe how popular these have become. I'm not so sure about the patchwork style ones but I don't mind a single piece dyed in a funky color. Not for my house but maybe someone else?
ReplyDelete4 THOUSAND dollars?
ReplyDeleteEIGHT THOUSAND??????????????
I'm sitting here trying to form words into some sort of comment but my mind has been blown.
OK -
I agree, how silly.
and add to the fact that I have created "pee-monsters" by puppy pad training the little ones and now they think any rug on the floor is a "pad"! I've been considered getting those FLOR squares. They are so cool and come in different patterns and weaves and colors and you can pick up a square and rinse it off if you have an "accident"...and I thought that $20 or so a square was EXPENSIVE!
:D - Cindi
need (want) - what's the difference for me here - one.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the folks who prefer an intact, if threadbare, rug. My sister actually embroiders over the bare patches on hers (somewhat like needlepointing) to preserve the pattern and colors.
ReplyDeleteThat gets me thinking. Think of the possibilities of needlepointing something totally different on a bare spot! That could be high art.
ReplyDeleteI'm a lover of all things threadbare, cracked, chipped, wabi-sabi, whatever.
ReplyDeleteBut these rugs leave me cold. On one site I saw them described as 'worthless rugs that would otherwise (i.e., if not dyed) have ended up in a landfill.' OK, so you take landfill rugs, dip them in a vat of dye, and then they're worth THOUSANDS of $$$$ ???
Let me join the small but growing chorus of those who say "The Emperor has no clothes."
Flor tile has a cool pattern that looks similar to the first rug www.flor.com "reoriented" Cate
ReplyDeleteOoh I think they are rather lovely like an old patched bear. I rather like the blue one, next to your fave one. Love Linda x
ReplyDeleteNot sure if I love them. I do likey, bug rather in a trendy way. In ten-twenty years from now, would you still love them? That is the test. I have a wool rug that I bought in Turkey. I loved it on site and I love it 25 years later.
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