Mrs. McFrugal

Here's a quick tip to make your rugs stay in place without buying those expensive rug pads... I buy rolls of shelf liner at the Dollar Tree, they are made of the exact same material as the rug pads! Each roll is only $1 and is 12" wide by 5' long. I bought 4 rolls and just trimmed them to the length I needed, and placed them around the edges of my rug: It's so much cheaper than rug pads, and keeps my rug in place perfectly!! (If I were concerned about protecting the floor, I could run two more strips down the center as well...still only spending $6!) In my last post, I mentioned we were going to start looking for a dining room rug. Well, after doing a lot of research, I found that the right size for us would be 7x9. The room is only 9'6" by 11'3", so we didn't have a lot of room to work with. A 7x10 rug was too large, not leaving enough of a border around the edge for a cabinet, and it also covered part of the floor register--not good...

Sorry it has been so long since I've posted! We've slowed down on home repairs/renovations due to vacation, illnesses, and just being tired of renovating. I have just a few updates to share... First, I found an amazing rug at IKEA while we were on vacation. It's a little larger than 4x6, for only $20! It looks awesome in the guest room with the gray walls: Isn't it beautiful??! J doesn't like rugs covering up his expensive hardwood floors, but I look at them as protection for the floors :) Another room that received a new rug was the master bedroom. Bella gets fed on the dresser, separate from Fiona, but we noticed that she started digging her claws into the floor to get a good grip when she jumps up onto the dresser. So we decided a big rug would solve that problem! Found this one at Target for only $15: It's kind-of hard to see, but it has a nice pattern in it. Bella approves :) The next update we did was with some lighting. We had been search...

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