I had unhappy dogs since we arrived at our new fixer upper house in Tennessee. They had lived their entire lives with a carpeted living room and were retreating to their beds since they didn’t like to lay on the cold hardwood. They seemed to be adjusting to slipping and sliding as they chase their toys. They were not adjusting to the hardwood for resting. I needed an area rug and I needed one now.

I searched and searched the internet not even sure what I wanted. A solid? A pattern? What color or colors? I was looking through the endless selection available on Overstock.com when I saw it. It was perfect. At least it was perfect according the color settings on my monitor. What if it arrived and the colors looked totally different in reality?

I wrestled with ordering the rug for a couple of days. I kept looking at it pondering what return shipping would cost on an item that large and heavy if the colors turned out to be hideous. I have moved to a somewhat rural area so I can’t just run over to a store and shop, besides the prices I was seeing at those stores were really high. I finally screwed up my nerve (in desperation to get something) and pushed the order button.

By the way, I signed up for Ebates and accessed Overstock.com through them so I will be getting a rebate on the rug.

I ordered it on Monday and the rug arrived Wednesday afternoon! I unrolled it and it’s perfect — it’s a negative of the colors in my couch. The blue is a denim blue that picks up the blue in the couch. The reds and greens picks up the couch colors as well. I’m thrilled.

And the dogs are happy 🙂