Today we went furniture shopping. Bedroom furniture shopping to be exact. It’s crazy how over the past 11 years of marriage that you there are so many things you replace, but furniture, save for breaking something, tends not be one of them.
And when you have kids…well…forget it.
I finally broke down and donated my dining table (that was about 9 years old) to a church last year and replaced it with a Paula Deen masterpiece. I swear we still dont sit there, but it sure does look pretty in my dining room!
This year I am bound and determined to do three things:
1) Replace my bedroom furniture. Right now I go in there and it feels like the kids took Toys R Us, sprinkled in some madness, and dumped out 9 loads of laundry. In other words, its far from relaxing. I want a sanctuary. A kid free, baby free, life free zone of zen.
2) I want to fix up the play room. Currently its a jumped mess of toy boxes and large plastic toys pushed up against the three walls in no particular fashion. It needs a lot of work, paint, shelves, and organization.
3) Find a design from my living room. You wouldn’t know it, but I seriously replaced my living room furniture like 2 years ago. They were beyond embarrassing so we passed them on and I bought a couch and a loveseat, where four pieces recline, to lounge in the living area. Pretty much the cats have destroyed them beyond belief. Unfortunately since that $3K is still fresh in my head as lit on fire, I am just sticking to redecorating the living area instead.
The first thing we did was replace the nasty contractor grade carpet into (fake) wood flooring.
Pre-wood floors with super old and tiny rug:
Concrete Floors:
Floors Done:
One thing I didn’t realize with the new floors was the change in the sound in the room. Everything was incredible loud with no carpet to muffle it. I also didn’t realize how much WORK the floors were. If I hated vacuuming, I can tell you that I hate seeing marks, streaks, and footprints more. I cant really fix that I have come to discover, but at-least I can tell when the floor is ACTUALLY clean or just appears to be clean (like with carpet).
It wasn’t long before we knew that we needed to put a rug back down to give Little P, who had yet to begin crawling, a softer spot to land his head during his many crashes.
Ironic that we replace the carpet to laminate to buy a rug? HA!
But seriously it feels and look so much better and I am slowly redecorating. The rug really provides a centerpiece and some color scheme to what would otherwise be a very boring room.
This particular rug is by Mohawk Home, and you can find out more about them and their designs here:
It took me along time to pick one since there were so many that were perfect. I had to close my eyes and take a risk and it worked out! Of course, we had it down all of 2 hours before the cats had puked on it (really…800 sq feet of wipe-able floor and they pick the carpeted area?) and P had gotten poop on it. Don’t ask.
I am happy to report in both cases it cleaned up flawlessly, a task that wouldn’t have been so easy with the carpet prior.
CONTEST WIN! WIN! WIN!
If you are anything like me, you could also use some help in the decorating department. Or a “kick in the butt to start decorating” department, so courtesy of Mohawk, they are offering a loyal MomDot reader a chance to win size 5×8 rug out of their collection (anything under $400) , which you can see here.
I do not run many contests on MomDot, but feel passionate about this one! I am going to do it in Rafflecopter to make it a very easy entry for you, so please wait a moment for it to load.
~trisha
review product and prize provided courtesy of Mohawk Rugs
I love the Mohawk Home Select Linen Capistrano rug!
I would choose the 8×10 Mohawk Select Select Strata Aqua Fusion Contemporary Rug
I like the Mohawk Home 8′ x 11′ Multicolor Select Pinnacle Area Rug
Mohawk Home Select Kensington City Center 5 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 10 in. Area Rug
I would choose the Mohawk Home Plantation Key Rug.
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Fronds Spruce 5 ft. x 8 ft. Area Rug
I like the Mohawk Home Select Strata Aqua Fusion Rugs.
Thanks!
Michelle
Thanks for the giveaway…we like the Mohawk Home 8′ x 11′ Eason Med Light Pine.
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I love the Watamu Select Strata Area Rug. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
Renee
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i like Mohawk Home Silhouette Vine – Brown
Strata Aqua Fusion
or Antoinette
I would choose the Antoinette design.
I like the Mohawk Patchwork Rug
What a neat idea for a blog contest! For my place, I’d probably pick the Home Night Vision Rug.
I like Modern Botanical Shells
I would chose the Mohawk Home 5’3″ x 7’10″ Rectangular Sagebrush Green Transitional Area Rug.
I like the —
Skyways Color Black
I love the Mohawk Home Asian Branches Rug Collection – Coconut
I like the Strata Aqua Fusion
Id love model#320171 Mohawk Home Russell Red Area Rug!
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I would like the Mohawk Home Silhouette Vine – Brown
Your floor looks great- Our furniture was ruined by the dogs but I swear, it started almost immediately and the jackasses that sold it to me (who SWORE it was kid & dog friendly) would not honor their warranty saying pets were excluded- first time they jumped on it , it snagged)
Yes, several thousand down the drain, but thankfully we replaced it last week.
I really like the Mohawk Home Capital Elements Woven Rug
I like the Ancient Kingdom Royalty Red rug.
I’d choose the Capital Elements Area Rug
Mohawk Home 8′ x 10′ Tigress Select Woodgrain Area Rug
I like the Lazio Rug.
I’d choose the Mohawk Home Select Strata Aqua Fusion 5′ x 8′ Rectangle Rug
I like the City Center Design.
Mohawk Home Asian Branches Rug Collection – Coconut
Hard to choose but for me the Capital Elements Area Rug. I’d probably let my parents chose one they wanted though!
I like the Kaleidoscope Area Rug! Thanks!
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I’d go for this.
I like the Mohawk Home Select Kensington City Center Rugs.
I really like Multicolor Select Kaleidoscope Area Rug 58200-580
I like the Multicolor Select Kaleidoscope Area Rug 58200-580
I would probably choose the Mohawk Home Select Cambridge Capital Elements Rug.
I like Casual Concepts Brush Stroke Clay Beige Contemporary Rug.
chrisdeglen(at)gmail(dot)com
I’d choose the Capital Elements Area Rug.
I’d love the Mohawk Perception Animal Print Rug (black)! So cute!
coriwestphal at msn dot com
The Mohawk home Tigeress Select Woodgrain area rug
Home Tarmac Rug
I like the Parquetry design.
I would probably choose the Hidden Escpae. Looks great in your living room!
I like the Mohawk Home Antoinette Soft Beige 8 ft. x 10 ft. Area Rug
I would get the largest run I could get with the prize the Transitional 8×10 for $218.00 at Lowes would be great. Maybe I could get a new runner too.
Oh I love the Home Tarmac Rug! Beautiful. I looked on the Kohls website
Mohawk Home Free Hand Rug – Tan
It is hard to choose…I love each and every one..I would decorate around the rug…all new everything is my dream!
I like the Apple Butter Wilkshire rug!
I think I might choose the Mohawk Home Figi Medium Light Pine 8 ft. Square Area Rug. It’d be a tough choice though!
I like the Mohawk Home Skyways Woven Rug
Myesha Area Rug
I like the Mohawk® Home Sardinia Rug
I also tweeted about it but don’t know how to enter the tweet url! sorry, slightly tech-limited
Mohawk home ababa dark brown – looks lovely.
The Mohawk Home Select Canvas Bangkok 8 ft. X 10 ft. Area Rug is gorgeous!
I went to tweet about this and when I came back to this page it will not let me post the url, or complete any entries. Help?
what do you mean? i see this comment…is teh rafflecopter not working?
Initially it was, when I came back to it after getting the tweet URL, it said I had zero entries left to complete when I hadn’t even completed the first.
I really liked the Mohawk Home Squares Shag Rug – Blue/Brwn
I think it would be cute and hide dirt 
Wow – they have a ton of choices! Honestly I’d probably have to take a trip up to a store that carries them so I can see them in real life before I chose. But just looking online I really like the Tropical Acres Rug and the Vaughn Light Dark Brown Rug. I know, totally different from each other, lol!
I love the Multicolor Casual Area rug!
mobile blocks is pretty cool!
I love the plain bright cream white rugs!
missyingling@yahoo.com
the hidden escape wooven rug
I like the Mohawk® Home Bangkok Rug
I like the Westfield Camel
I like the Ink Cocoa Swirl rug
Hidden Escape Woven Rug
Mohawk Mission Rug – Beige – is the design i would choose nupa123atgmaildotcom
It’s really hard to pick out just one I like, but at first glance the Timmins Golden Rod 3 Piece Rug Set looks really cool.
Mohawk Home Dunmere Neutral and Multi rug
i likew the hidden escape wooven rug
Mohawk Home Hidden Escape Woven Rug
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I like the Lazio Room Size Rug
I like the Syria Rug!
I like the Mobile Blocks rug
Any rug that would look good in my living room.
I like the Mohawk Multicolor Select Strata Area Rug. Thank you for the chance to win!
I’d get the
Mohawk Home Select Versailles Istanbul Rugs
Capital Elements is one of my favorites from them.
I like the Mohawk Home Hidden Escape Woven Rug
I would love the Mohawk Home 5’3″ x 7’10″ Multicolor Select Versailles Area Rug
Mohawk Home 5′ x 8′ Beige Kodiak Area Rug
I would choose the Mohawk Home Endicott Shell 10 ft. x 13 ft. Area Rug : )
I love your floor and this rug is beautiful. I’d really love the exact rug that you choose. I also like the Mohawk Home 5’3″ x 7’10″ Multicolor Select Cambridge Area Rug, but you’re rug would go perfect in our family room.
Thanks so much.
The rug you choose would be perfect in our living room
we have same colors 
dark brown eason
*kelly
kelly-tillotson@Hotmail.com
I adore the one you chose! It would be perfect in our room, but I also really like the Kodiak rug. We have laminate too so rugs are a must!
Ooo I love the City Center Room Size Rug at target!!
I love the Emerson Flower Power Rug!
I’d get the bold squares/dark brown rug that is featured on Target’s website.
I love the Mohawk® Home Bangkok Rug or the Mohawk® Home Sardinia Rug or the Mohawk® Versailles Sir Charles Beige Oriental Rug. I will have to see which my husband likes out of my top three if I win
My favorite is the Hidden Escape (like you) but I also like the Danger Zone rug.
I like the Mohawk Home Imperial Palace Rug!
I really like the Silhouette Vine – Brown. It’s something completely different than what we currently have.
I like the Mohawk Home Select Strata Night Vision 5′ x 8′ Rectangle Rug! bekki1820cb at gmail dot com
This would be awesome! We move in June and now that that baby isn’t making to big of a mess everywhere it would be nice to have something pretty! my favorite is “Mohawk Home Clarisse Dark Brown 8 ft. x 10 ft. 3 Piece Rug Set” sooo nice!
Mohawk home Forte Taupe/flesh/ivory
Mohawk Home Asian Branches Rug Collection – Coconut I live in a 200 y/o farmhouse. All those crazy colors and designs were beautiful, but wouldn’t look good here. This looks perfect – simple colors and lines and a pattern that helps establish a theme for the living room.
That’s a hard one! I think I would go with Mohawk Home
Forte Taupe/Flesh/Ivory
I like the Perpetual Red rug. Like you, I plan on switching to laminate flooring in the living room, because this rug has been horked on by two cats far too many times.
I like the Mohawk kitchen and home “leaf array” rug.
I would choose either the Strada or Cambridge area rug. We are starting to think about decorating. I feel like I’m not in a Home with the way it is right now. Like I’m still in the “college” phase. I want my home to feel warm and comftorable.
I would choose the Concord Brown Rug
Kims2312@verizon.net
Love Mohawk! The pics and info are amzing. The baby steals the show!
Love all the info! Pretty pics……..the baby is too cute and steals the show…….xoxoxo
I like the Multicolor Select Versailles Area Rug!
I love the Mohawk® Home Sardinia Rug. It’s gorgeous!
I’m not sure which I would I pick there all so beautiful, but I would have fun choosing.
I like the Montage Heritage Multicolor Area Rug.
I would pick the Simpatico Biscuit starch or the Home Bangkok. Cute rugs!
Wow!! There are so many cute rugs!
I have those exact floors in my living room/dining room area and would love to have a rug tie the whole area together color-wise!
I meant that rug, sorry. I like the same one you have.
I am loving the Mohawk Home 8″ x 10″ Multicolor Select Strata Area Rug.
I love the Mohawk Select Raymond Waites Bamboo Garden Light Camel Contemporary Rug!
I love the Mohawk Home Aiken Madder Brown
I would pick the Eason Med Light Pine, I THINK!
I like the Mohawk Home Cordella Black – redecorating my Dining Room!
The Select Pinnacle Foot Loose Red Contemporary Rug!! LOVE it!!!!
I love the one you have above but I am looking for a rustic looking one! Lol
I love the Select Pinnacle Foot Loose Red Contemporary Rug