Tonight I finally had a chance to take back the duplicate rug I bought over the weekend and exchange it for a different one in the same colors but with a different pattern. I took CootieBoy with me, and we had a good time walking around the store until I realized that my little wallet was not in the shopping cart. I spent at least 15 minutes retracing all of my steps and finally returned to the exchange checkout, where the Garden Ridge employee held it up to my relief.
Anyway, here’s a slightly out of focus picture of the rug in the dining room and below it the picture of the rug in the living room so you can see how the colors are similar but the rugs totally different:
It looks awesome! It also appears that the red patterned fabric might be just what is called for in the way of window treatment options. What say you?
For the dining room? I suppose that would work.