Franki's Profile

Rule 1: Buy what you love. LOVE!

Some things you have to have just for day to day living, regardless of finances -- but not a rug. You can survive without a rug, so why live with something you don't love?

My first rug I bought from an estate auction -- and though the price was low, the quality was great and I loved, loved, loved the color.

Rule 2: It's OK to let furnish a room with a rug, if you really love the rug. Get the amazing rug first, add a few pillows and posters, use pretty sheets for curtains, and live with the rug until you know what else it needs. For now, find everthing else at auctions, yard sales, IKEA, Target and family beg/borrow/castoffs. A good rug will take care of you the rest of your life.

Rule 3: Scotch Guard. Now, when it's new, while it's spotless.