We live in an older home (40 years old, to be exact) with equally old windows – so it can get pretty cold in here in the winter time.  And you see, we have wood floors in our bedroom that we absolutely love, but they can give you quite a shock first thing in the morning when your bare feet hit those cold floors.  If you’ve checked out our home tour then you know that our bedroom looks like this:

It was with memories of hardwood floors and freezing feet that the hubby and I hit up our local Home Depot with a mission – finding an area rug for our bedroom.  We had an idea of what we wanted – something neutral that would go with our colorful duvet cover that we currently have on our bed, as well as our navy and cream quilt that sometimes makes an appearance and replaces the duvet.  We definitely needed an 8 x 10 rug so that there would be enough rug to stick out from under three sides of our king-sized bed, and we wanted the new rug to be cozy – no more cold tootsies for us!!

And then we found it.  Perfection.  A cream-colored frieze rug that was just begging to go home with us:

Ain’t she a beauty?  And a bargain to boot!  (Although now we’re gnashing our teeth because it’s gone on sale!)  We somehow managed to shove this ginormous rug into my car, took it home and finagled that rug under the bed as fast as we could.  And let me tell you, lifting that bed is no joke!  Here’s our awesome new rug, looking all cozy in our bedroom:

I love it!  This rug has tons of texture and is super soft, so it feels great underfoot.  And I love the way it breaks up all the wood in the room, but doesn’t steal the show away from the bed.  And no more cold feet for us!

What’s the first thing your feet hit in the morning?  Carpet?  Wood?  Tile?  Rug on carpet?  Do tell!